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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Jamison shines light on career

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AILEY DANCER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PRESENTS ACADEMIC LECTURE ELIZABETH GRIMM UP STAFF WRITER Judith Jamison stood up and started to clap as she taught a little girl a few simple dance moves. The audience happily joined in, and for a brief moment, the grace and style that led her to a brilliant career in dance was plain to see.

Jamison spoke in the University Theatre, Monday, about her career and her work as artistic director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. The talk was the latest in Lamar’s ongoing Academic Lecture Series.

She began the lecture by talking about her upbringing and the influence her faith has on her career. Without the guidance of her faith and family, Jamison said she may have been confused on which path to take.

“I cannot tell you how crucial it was, and we leave it out sometimes,” she said. “I know a lot of young people don’t make it to church or the synagogue or mosque — or wherever they’re supposed to go. A lot of people don’t make it there anymore, they forget about it or they dismiss it. Well, you have to go somewhere in your heart.”

Jamison asked a question, ‘What came first? Movement, dance or music?’ In her eyes, she said, dance came first. She explained that when a baby cries it produces sound, but with that sound, the vocal cords are moving. By having movement, there are different ways people can communicate with one another.

Throughout her career, Jamison was able to communicate with her audience through the movement of dance.

She said that the idea of dance is not about

being selfish and hollow, but about giving a service to the audience that will leave them impassioned.

“What you give back to us is the love of what I call ‘spiritual reciprocity,’” she said. “It’s not just what I’m saying — it’s what we’re feeling and sensing toward each other. When the performance is on stage and you’re sitting out in the audience, it feels like there is no barrier.

The barrier is reachable, let’s put it that way — and can actually be broken.”

The idea of providing a service to an audience is about being unique, Jamison said. It’s learning who we are as people and appreciating the idea that we have qualities that no other individual possesses.

“I always tell young people to look for that — I’m talking about dancers in the Ailey company — if you don’t see that and you’re performing, no one has a way of telling who you are and what their truth is, because performers are a reflection of you,” she said. “That has to be an experience that turns a light bulb inside of you — that takes you in a direction that maybe you haven’t been in since you came into the theater and the lights went down.”

Believing in yourself will help you to achieve goals in your life, Jamison said. By being committed and passionate in one’s goals, anything can happen — no matter how difficult the task may seem, adding that even though there may be a cloud of darkness, there is always light within a person that can surface through dedication to improve.

“Even as a child I had my eyes on the prize,” she said. “That helped define the rest of my

Speech clinic offers range of programs MICHELLE BURDETT UP CONTRIBUTOR The Lamar University Speech Clinic is offering a range of new services.

Over the summer, the clinic piloted an accent modification program.

“An accent is an optional thing to target, not typically associated with our scope of practice as a speech language pathologist,” Karen Whisenhunt Saar, clinical supervisorspeech language pathologist, said. “Because of our understanding of speech mechanism and aspects of speech, we are qualified within our scope to offer optional accent modification services.”

The program is designed to help people who have a foreign or a regional accent that they would like to modify in order to assimilate more to their surrounding environment.

“Some people feel as if they are more successful in their jobs if they sound like they can blend in,” Saar said.

The program lasts eight weeks and goes over the basics of accent modification. Group sections are offered where the basic principles are covered, then one-on-one training targets a person’s specific needs.

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Judith Jamison teaches 9-year-old Jayara Martin to dance, top, during the Academic Lecture Series talk, Monday. Jamison reflected on her career as a dancer and artistic director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater.

The Lamar Literary Festival begins today on the sixth floor of Gray Library. The festival continues Friday and starts at 10 a.m. both days.

The festival will honor Jerry Craven for starting Ink Brush Press and Lamar University Press, LU’s literary publishing house. Writers from Angelina River Press and TCU Press will also be in attendance.

Garry Richards, administrative assistant for English and modern languages, began coordinating the literary festival six months ago.

“The first thing we did was figure out which writers were coming, we sent out letters officially inviting these people to attend,” he said. “We’ve had literary festivals in the past, but this is the first year to have the scope that we have.”

There are a lot more writers involved in the festival this year compared to prior years, Richards said.

Normally, three or four writers participate, but this year 13 are expected.

Today’s events begin with a presentation by Craven and Dave Kuhne, director for Angelina River Press.

The festival will feature where authors will discuss different areas of writing.

“We’re going to have a bunch of really interesting panels that will benefit students, the community and Lamar faculty,” Richards said.

“They will discuss the sort of things that they write, where they come from and how they started writing.”

It will be a chance to get to know these contemporary literary figures, mostly from the south, but from different parts of the country.

Friday’s events will consists more of educational panels. The press directors will discuss how to get published, how to get into publishing and how to start writing. There will also be information for anyone who wants to be a teacher, and for faculty members, on how to integrate creative writing, or writing in general, into a non-writing classroom.

“The panels are basically going to be lectures, but lectures that are cotaught by three or four people depending on how long the sessions can be,” Richards said.

TCU Press director Dan Williams will be part of the “How to get Published” panel, Richards said.

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Fall dance concert set for Nov. 22 EDDIE MCGILL UP CONTRIBUTOR The Lamar University department of theatre and dance will present the annual fall dance concert at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 21, and at 2 p.m., Nov. 22, in the University Theatre.

Ticket prices $7 for Lamar students, $10 for faculty, staff, seniors and students, and $15 general admission.

“The type of dance you will see is a little bit of everything, but the majority of it will be jazz, modern or some type of contemporary styles,” Golden Wright, assistant professor of dance, said. “We will have an eclectic music choice — you won’t hear just one genre or another, I think there is a mixture of a bunch of different things.”

Wright is one of several choreographers contributing to the concert.

“Some of the songs I am using are “Ordinary Human,” “Medicine by Daughter” and “Booty Swing,” he said. “These are three of the five songs that are in my piece.

“It has to do with relations. It is how people interact and different situations that people are in within those relationships. I think we do a good job of putting on a wellrounded professional concert. Everyone will find something they can relate to and enjoy.”

Dancers rehearse for the fall dance concert in the Dance Annex, Nov. 6. The Department of Theatre and Dance will present the concert, Nov. 22, in the University Theatre.

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Freshman Rebecca González said the dancers have been working on the fall dance concert since the beginning of the semester.

“I think its coming together really well,” she said. “There is a lot of stuff to learn, but once we put it all together it looks really impressive.”

Wright said he expects a good audience.

“Our past concerts have gone well, they are generally well attended,” he said. “We generally get a good response afterward.

You can tell if people liked it based off how they leave the theater. I think it has been a

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good experience for the performers and the audience. I think each concert has there own identity — it is not a competition, it’s an artistic expression.”

Junior Thomas Gentry Jr. said he has his own favorites among the collection.

“I think it is going to be an amazing concert,” he said. “There are a lot of dance pieces going on, I’m enjoying Golden’s piece, I enjoy (Lou Arrington’s) piece. There is a lot of stuff going on that will blow people away. People are going to leave the concert happy, it’s very enjoyable.”

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SPEECH ••••••••••••••••••• Continued from page 1 tion.

“It is for anyone at any point (in their transition),” Saar said.

The program assists trangendered people in adjusting their voices to reflect the change in gender identity.

“They might be preparing for the change or they may be post-surgery — we do not stipulate when in that transition process you have to come in and see us, but it is an elective service that an individual that is changing their identity can also safely work to change their voice,” Saar said. “Many individuals will do it on their own and end up damaging the voice mechanism, so we work on strategies to safely alter your voice.

“We currently have a partnership with Triangle Area Network. They have a support group for this population and we get most of our referrals through them — we then proceed with the voice therapy sessions to meet their individual needs.”

The Vocology Clinic in the Speech center diagnoses and treats vocal pathologies.

“Dr. Vinaya Manchatah can scope

JAMISON ••••••••••••• Continued from page 1 life. From being a dancer in Ailey to being on Broadway in ‘Sophisticated Ladies’ with Phyllis Hyman and the late Gregory Hines. My life has been totally graced.”

Jamison said that she has always tried to be prepared, and even when things seemed to go badly, her career still moved in a positive direction. She illustrated her point with an anecdote about a time her dancing was not at the best of her ability. She auditioned for a Roaring Twenties television show in green crochet tights — unprepared clothing wise and also dance wise.

“People were showing up looking Roaring Twenties,” she said. “They had eyelashes out to here, fishnet tights, stiletto heels, little skirts — they were

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in the mouth and down in the throat area to look at the vocal folds,” Saar said. “He also uses a flexible nasal endoscope that goes through the nasal pharynx down into the pharynx to visualize the vocal folds.”

Dysphagia, a swallowing disorder, is a common vocal pathology seen at the clinic.

“There are various reasons why a swallowing disorder may occur— other illnesses may cause a person to become weak and the swallowing muscles aren’t strong enough to safely divert food and drink to the stomach instead of letting some escape into the lungs,” Saar said.

“Dysphagia is very common after a stroke or a brain injury where nerve damage has occurred. So the concern is that food and drink will escape into the trachea and ultimately into the lungs.”

If food or drink escapes into the lungs, bacteria can develop and cause an aspiration.

We can diagnose, as speech therapist, what is going on,” Saar said. “We have equipment that will evaluate the swallow so that we can watch and see how a person eats and drinks.

Using a blue or green dye, we can see the difference up against the pink tissue and see if the food or drink is

going to the right place or not, or leaving residue on the layrnx, vocal cords or tracheae.”

Clinic staff can see exactly what is the problem, and set a diet plan that can safely manage the disorder, Saar said.

“That also gives us information on exactly why that is happening, so that we may design the proper therapy around improving the swallowing mechanism over time,” she said.

The clinic is in the process of acquiring brand new FEES equipment to

open a separate new FEES clinic, Saar said.

“We are really excited about the new swallowing clinic and can’t wait to see how it helps our community,” she said.”

Saar said the new programs are going well.

“It is very exciting,” she said.

“Right now, we have primarily reached students and faculty members, we would be very happy to serve the greater community in the near future.

looking fly. I was looking ridiculous.

Plus, I didn’t dance well. I failed that audition. It was the only audition I’ve ever had in my life.

“I walked out of that audition and passed a man on the steps. I went across the street and called my mother and said, ‘Mom, I don’t know what I’m going to do but I have to stay in New York.’ But there I was on the phone talking to my mother, boohooing and saying ‘I got to stay, I got to stay. I don’t know what I’m going to do.’ And two days later, a man called me and said, ‘Would you like to join my company?’

That was Alvin Ailey — the man I passed on the steps.

“The blessing came and I joined the company in 1965 and stayed with it until 1980. Now, what is that but faith?

And all that being prepared as much as you can be prepared.”

Jamison, who took over the dance

company after Alvin Ailey died in 1989, said the company’s philosophy was not only to show beauty, but also to make statements about the nation and culture, she said. The idea was to tell the dancers’ stories. Ailey had positive interactions with the dancers and this influenced them to perform in remarkable ways.

“Interaction that shares that kind of feeling with you — you sense it and you know it,” she said. “You’re aware of it. It makes you do things in such a different way. His passion was our passion.

Dance can be a celebration of affirmation of all freedoms that are possible in normal life. We were compelled to dance in that infinite hollow of the heart — where light shines so brightly.”

After Jamison took over the Alvin Ailey company, not only was she able to transform it, but she had help in the process from many others that included

students, residents and dancers, she said. Now, the company is 77,000 square feet and has 12 studios, making it the largest educated dance building in New York City.

Jamison has a simple view of her art and a simple message to pass along.

“The love I have for what I do is part of wanting to serve,” she said. “I’ve been very fortunate at surrounding myself with people who share my vision, and have the skills and passion and dedication to bring us to where we are now.

I think it’s imperative, as we’re in the 21st century, that you be guided by the torchbearers who have stood on each other’s shoulders since the beginning of time. It’s crucial that you be guided by the principle of service and excellence, and love of what you do.

“I always say I deserve to serve you. It’s a skill that I think we all have — we just have to cultivate it.”

CALENDAR November 13 Open Registration begins for Winter Mini sesion and Spring 2015

November 15 Football: Lamar vs. Incarnate Word Provost Umphrey Stadium Kickoff at 6 p.m.

November 18 Lamar Civic Orchestra Concerts Setzer Student Center 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

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Karen Whisenhunt Saar, clinical supervisor-speech language pathologist, shows graduate student Caitlyn Cunningham a display of vocal folds.

November 21 Lamar Opera Theatre Rothwell Recital Hall 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Fall Dance Concert University Theatre 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

November 22 Fall Dance Concert University Theatre 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Lamar Opera Theatre Rothwell Recital Hall 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

November 23 Lamar Opera Theatre Rothwell Recital Hall 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

November 27-28 Thanksgiving Holiday

December 3 Last Class Day

December 4 Final Examinations Begin

December 13 FFall Commencement Ceremonies To submit a listing, click on the calendar link at lamaruniversitypress.com

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Football is religion

We didn’t get penalized for praying!

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LADY CARDS DESERVE SUPPORT Are you a basketball fan? If you were forced to decide whether to attend a women’s or men’s basketball game, which would you choose? The majority of basketball fans would probably pick the latter. However, Lamar’s Lady Cardinals have shown why we should think differently when it comes to women’s basketball.

The women’s basketball team won a share of the Southland Conference Championship last season, earning the right to conduct the ceremonial cutting of the net in the Montagne Center. This team has a history of being successful and has a coach who is no stranger to success.

The men on the other hand, have had a very rough go of it as of late.

Now we love Lamar basketball, but the men have only won seven games in the last two seasons, and they still have a larger average attendance than the women. Maybe it’s time to show the Lady Cards a little more love.

Those who say basketball isn’t for women, haven’t seen this Lamar team. Just because women may not dunk or have the power of the men’s game, it does not mean they aren’t highly skilled.

In person, this team is almost scary good.

Senior Dom Edwards would wipe the floor with most men in a game of one-on-one. In fact, most men couldn’t even come close to seriously competing with the Lady Cardinals. The team plays hard-nosed, fundamental basketball, and that is hard to find.

There isn’t really any reasoning to support the men, and not the women, especially at the college level — it’s not like the men are flying all over the place. This isn’t the NBA. The Lady Cards should not have to earn our support when it comes to games in the Montagne Center, even though they certainly have done so. They represent our school well, and we should be there to support them.

Go to a Lady Cardinals basketball game this season and you’ll see why the women are just as enjoyable as the men.

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REGARDLESS OF RELIGIOUS VIEWS, SHOW TOLERANCE Freedom of religion.

Freedom from religion.

No matter what view one holds, one has undoubtedly seen or heard someone complaining, either about someone showing their faith in public, or someone not being able to show their faith in public.

It’s everywhere.

There isn’t a week that goes by without seeing a story in the news about religion.

Sometimes, it’s a serious issue, like religion in politics. Usually though, it’s things like flagging an NFL player for “unsportsmanlike conduct.”

During the Sept. 29 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New England Patriots, safety Husain Abdullah intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown. Of course, he did what many other players do to celebrate a big play — he paused to make a religious gesture of thanks, sliding to the ground, then kneeling in the end zone to pray. For this, he was penalized 15 yards.

This is where it gets a little tricky.

Abdullah, who is Muslim, was penalized for bowing to Mecca. However, other players, such as Tim Tebow or Brandon Marshall, were never penalized by the showing of their Christian faith.

The penalty came under Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1 (d) of the NFL rulebook, which states that “players are prohibited from engaging in any celebrations or demonstrations while on the ground.” This was part of the league’s crackdown on ex-

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cessive and elaborate celebrations.

It’s easy to see why the ref felt that it was necessary to flag the play. The rule clearly states that a player cannot celebrate on the ground. Although a little suspicious because the ruling was called against Muslim prayer, the ref seemed to have a definitive interpretation of the rule.

Most cases that gain media attention are just that — an interpretation of a rule.

Most rulings depend on who is making the decision and their interpretations of any rules that binds them.

But, religion always has to have an exception to the rule.

Michael Signora, the NFL’s vice-president of football communications, clarified the ruling by tweeting, “Abdullah should not have been penalized. Officiating mechanic is not to flag a player who goes to ground for religious reasons.”

But why does religion always have to be such a big deal? Why are we complaining so much?

I’m not a religious person, but I could care less if someone feels the need to show his or her faith. I completely understand both sides of the topic. One side feels the need to pray when happy or excited. The other side just doesn’t want to have anything to do with religion.

It’s important to make a decision and

hold everyone to the same standards. If rules are set against excessive showmanship, then keep prayer to a moment when the rules don’t apply. Wait until one steps off of the field — and that applies to all religions.

In this instance, Abdullah held no grudge against the call saying that, “For me, I just got a little too excited. I think it was for the slide.”

It’s an important right to be able to show one’s religion without limitations, but it doesn’t always have to be a “show.” Most of the arguments about religion aren’t really necessary. Why does it matter if someone feels the need to thank a higher power for something good? As long as someone isn’t being forced to pray, does it really affect anyone else?

I understand raising questions when religion and public schools mix. It’s a question of separation of church and state. But, as long as the religion is based in a club and no one is forced to participate, then I don’t see a problem with it.

Being reared in Southeast Texas, I can easily see why both sides can get upset, but there are many more important things going on in the world. Why do we feel it is so necessary to go around and around over the same topic, when we will never resolve it?

As long as there is religion, prayer will always be something that is important to someone of faith. But, as long as there is religion, there will always be someone who doesn’t want to hear about it.

No matter the opinion, it would be much more simplistic to just agree to disagree.

In the end, there is always a time and place for everything, no matter one’s faith.

Kristen Stuck is UP Managing Editor

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FANTASY ADDICTION Rising number of college students are betting on sports There’s a phenomena that continues to spread around America faster than it ever has before. Most football fans already play it and spend hours upon hours a week setting lineups, reading start/sit columns, and making last minute adjustments 30 minutes before Sunday’s slew of games.

That’s right, I’m talking about fantasy football.

Fantasy football is basically what it sounds like. Players will draft their team at the start of the season then play every week against other players. There are 13 regular season games and 3 playoff games, including the “Super Bowl.”

According to Fantasy Sports Trade Association, 15.2 million people were playing fantasy football in USA and Canada in 2003.

In 11 years, that number has risen to 41.5 million — that’s roughly 8.5 percent of the population of the two countries.

I’m one of those 41.5 million people. I’ve been playing fantasy football going on four years now and know people who have been playing a lot longer than that. I’ve spent countless hours trying to find the best advice for drafting and setting my roster each week.

I’m addicted.

But I’m smart about it. I won’t blow more than $50 in fees because I don’t want to lose a lot of money. It’s just fun and gives me

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more of a reason to watch games I normally wouldn’t care about.

My league’s buy in is just $20 for the season with three payouts. The national average FTSA league buy in is $52. That doesn’t include online weekly play. This is nothing compared to the large amounts of money people bet on fantasy football, which is perfectly legal. But, in some ways it could honestly go either way.

According to federal law, fantasy football is a game of skill, not chance, therefore it is legal. However, people can simply look up odds and projections, play a weekly league, pick every player who has high projections and then play them. That isn’t skill.

That’s playing a game of chance, just like it is when I choose between two players based on projections.

Regardless of being legal or not, college students are betting on fantasy sports like

never before, resulting in drained bank accounts. Around 67 percent of college students bet on sports or fantasy sports, and 30 percent of those students are athletes, according to uncw.edu.

To some students, that $20 could mean having a phone with service or enough gas to make it to class. There’s a difference between knowing how much money you have available and blowing what you don’t have.

Be smart about it and everyone can have fun.

It just so happens, the NCAA prohibits athletes betting on any sporting events, including fantasy sports. Even though it’s deemed as a game of skill, the NCAA still sees it as wagering and gambling. Of course the punishment, if caught, depends on the division the college is in.

The question is, why does it matter?

Who’s it hurting by simply playing a game with your friends by setting lineups of NFL players every week?

If students are responsible, fantasy football is a way to interact with friends, have water cooler talk, and just have something else to do between studies.

Not to mention, it’s a nice way to be able to watch a game like the Jets vs. Jaguars and have something invested in it to care enough.

Lane Fortenberry is a UP Contributor

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Duo of jazz quintets to perform, Sunday

Continued from page 1 “We’ll have all of our press directors explaining what they look for when deciding to publish someone,” Richards said.

“We’ve timed all of the sessions to match up exactly with our class periods, that way a student can attend a presentation, and stay for the whole thing if he or she has a class before or afterwards.

Craven presented the general idea of what the festival should be to Richards after receiving a donation from an anonymous donor.

“He gave me the statement that an anonymous donor donated some money to have a festival, and to do this and do that, here are the writers that we want to invite and then I did everything else from there basically,” Richards said. “He gave me the idea and sort of the parameters for it, and then I just coordinated. I’ve had a lot of help.”

Michelle Lansdale, LU Press associate editor, will read from her story, “Josie’s Deliverance,” on Friday.

The short story, inspired by “Little Red Riding Hood,” won an award at the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers conference, and will be published next year in Writing Texas.

“I am excited about the entire literary festival,” Lansdale said. “I can’t wait. I wish I could sit and watch the entire thing, but I’m assisting Garry during both days.”

The last session of each day begins at 3:50 p.m., and is designated for the student writers to read their works.

For more information, email Garry.Richards@lamar.edu, or call 880-8556.

MARIO CARMONA UP CONTRIBUTOR The Alias Brass Company and the LU Faculty Brass Quintet will perform a concert in the Rothwell Recital Hall in the Simmons Music Building, Sunday, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.

This is the first time that the Alias Brass Company, also a quintet, will play at Lamar. Timothy Dueppen, assistant professor of trombone, is a member of both groups. Alias planned to play shows around this time and it made sense to play on campus, he said.

“I am very lucky to play in another professional brass quintet,” Dueppen said. “The LU Faculty Brass Quintet is an amazing group, so I have the best of two worlds — I get to play in two amazing brass quintets. If we were going to do a brass quintet show why not just feature two quintets.”

Natalie Higgins, professor of music at Missouri Western University, founded the Alias quintet about a year ago. “(It) is a group of five players from across the nation who have come together to collaborate on an exciting new project,” she said. “What we want to do is to create a group that appeals to not only the classical music world, but also the general public. The way we are doing that is by creating amazing new arrangements and compositions, as well as putting together a choreographed show.”

This concert will feature both orchestral and chamber music, as well as original music composed by two of the members of the company.

“We actually have two composers/arrangers that are in the group — our trumpeter David Sedgwick and our tuba player Justice Mackenzie,” Dueppen said. “They both actually do our arrangements, and right now we have two pieces that are original for the group and we are working on the rest of them. What we do is we have some good standard pieces and new pieces of

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THE ALIAS BRASS QUINTET music that come in and replace ones as we do our show. The show is always constantly evolving and becoming different.”

The LU Faculty Brass quintet will play pieces by composers including Mckee, Shostakovich and Ewald. Alias will perform original music.

“Our goal is to come up with these stage presentations where the audience is like, ‘Oh, I’ve never seen that before.

That was pretty cool.’ Memorization of our music allows us to move around on stage. We’re not dancing, but moving around and interacting with one another.”

“Alias enjoys doing things differently from other performers,” Dueppen said, adding that although they do love and respect the orchestral style of play, they feel the desire to reach new boundaries with their performances.

“We want this to be an exciting ex-

perience that gets to different emotions and hits those different things,” he said.

“We want to be different. We want to be noticed. We want to be important and applicable to changing how things are done because nobody does this.”

Trying to be original isn’t always a good thing, Higgins said. Although she said she knew what she wanted out of the quintet, not every person she tried to recruit was 100 percent on board.

“I have always wanted to be in a professional brass quintet,” Higgins said. “That’s always what I was passionate about — I have known that for a long time. I’ve tried to make different renditions of groups where I am locally, and it just so happens that not everybody is on the same page. It’s really hard to create an ensemble and go somewhere if you all aren’t aligned on what your goals are for your career, individually and for the development of

the ensemble. So what I did was to find five people who I knew also loved playing brass music.”

Trombonist Justis Mackenzie, tuba player David Sedgwick and trumpeter Jon Bhatia join Higgins and Dueppen in the Alias quintet.

The LU Faculty Brass Quintet has been around since the 1970s. It was founded by trumpet instructor Raul Ornelas and horn instructor Roger Behm.

The group consists of three faculty members and two students. The students who make it into the LUFBQ receive a scholarship.

The current lineup consists of Brian Shook on trumpet, Robert Culbertson on French horn, and Dueppen.

Current student members are trumpeter Eric Diaz and Denzel Richard on tuba.

For more information, call 8808144, or visit www.lamar.edu/music.

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LU LOSES HEARTBREAKER

Women’s Basketball Friday will be a banner day for the Lamar Lady Cardinals, as they unveil their Southland Conference championship and WNIT banners from last season. They will also receive their championship rings prior to the 7 p.m. tipoff against Louisiana in the season opener at the Montagne Center.

“It’s a celebration of last season,” head coach Robin Harmony said. “I know the players are going to love the rings. And it is always special to raise a banner. The great thing about a banner is that it is forever. The players will be able to come back years from now and point out their accomplishment.”

Friday's game will be streamed live at www.LamarCardinals.com.

There will be a postgame autograph session with the Lamar players.

Tickets are available online at www.LamarCardinals.com. Tickets are also available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays at the Montagne Center ticket office, or by calling 880-1715.

The ticket office also opens one hour prior to game time.

Volleyball Errors were costly to the Lamar volleyball team in a heartbreaking 32 loss to Southeastern Louisiana, Saturday. The game served as Senior Day at McDonald Gym in Southland Conference action.

Cortney Moore led Lamar with 22 kills and a .463 hitting percentage on 41 attacks. Chelsea Moore had 14 kill on 32 attacks for a .281 percentage. Autumn Taylor had 19 kills and 10 errors, and Amethyst Hollowell had 10 kills and five errors.

Lamar returns to the court tonight when they host Houston Baptist in the final home match of the season.

The team will finish out the regular season at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The match against HBU starts at 7 p.m. in McDonald Gym.

Softball The Lamar University softball team closed its fall season with a doubleheader sweep of San Jacinto College by scores of 12-3 and 15-2, Saturday, in Houston.

Ashley McDowell led the Lamar offense in the opener with a grand slam and five RBIs. Morgan Buie had three hits, including a double and three RBIs. Brynn Baca, Casey Cromwell, Jenna Holland, Taylor Duck and Shannon Sain all added two hits.

Lauren Dannelley earned the win, allowing one run over five innings.

Lamar closed its fall season with a 7-3 record. The Lady Cardinals begin spring play, Feb. 6, with the first of five games at the Sand Dollar Classic in Gulf Shores, Ala. The home opener is slated for 3 p.m. March 6, when Houston Baptist comes in for a Southland Conference doubleheader.

Begelton becomes all-time receptions leader with 193 yard performance Jayce Nelson, above, scores a touchdown to send Lamar to its first overtime in program history during the 44-41 loss, Saturday. Caleb Berry, left, scrambles away from pressure to avoid a sack.

GRANT CRAWFORD UP SPORTS EDITOR @GrantLamarUP The Cardinal football team lost a heartbreaker to Central Arkansas, 44-41, in a road game, Saturday.

Senior Caleb Berry completed 43 passes for schoolrecord 554 yards and four touchdowns, but it was not enough to put away the 6-5 (5-2 SLC) Bears.

“I was proud of the way we played tonight,” head coach Ray Woodard said. “We fought hard battling back to tie the game against a very tough opponent, but we made too many mistakes. You just can’t do that in a league this talented.”

UCA was ahead 41-33 with 2:20 left in the game when the Cardinals got the ball back. Berry took the Cardinals down the field 83 yards, scoring on a fiveyard pass to junior Jayce Nelson. Lamar then converted the two-point conversion to send the game to overtime.

In the program’s first ever overtime contest, Lamar took the first possession, but failed to score fumbling the ball away. UCA then drove the ball to the Lamar eight-yard line, setting up the game winning field goal.

“We did a lot of things right and a few things wrong,” Woodard said. “Unfortunately we didn’t do what we needed to do in overtime — tough ending to a game that could have been a great win.”

Lamar had two fumbles and two interceptions that went against their favor in the game.

“We got beat in special teams and turnovers,” Woodard said. “That’s really what the game came down to — turnovers. We lost that battle 4-1, and all of our turnovers were big ones. Very seldom will you lose the turnover battle and win the game.”

Junior Reggie Begelton became the school’s alltime leader in receptions, finishing with 13 catches for 193 yards and two touchdowns. Woodard said it was a bitter sweet accomplishment for the duo.

“It would have been more special to have done it with a win,” he said. “It shows the development of our program. Those guys have played together for a

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while, and both deserve it, because they’re two of the hardest working guys we have. Reggie setting a career record with two games left this year and all of his senior year next year, he’ll put that mark up there to where the next guy has something to shoot for. I’m very proud of both of them.”

Lamar produced 674 yards on the game, and held UCA to 438. Sophomore Xavier Bethany recorded a game-high 15 tackles.

Woodard said that it did not help it was a road game.

“It’s a long way up there,” he said. “It was a tough physical game in Conway. They have a great record at home and good football team. We were focused and played hard, but it’s just a tough place to play.”

Lamar now prepares for their next opponent, 2-8 (2-5 SLC) Incarnate Word. It will be the last home game of the season, and Woodard said losing would be taking a step in the wrong direction.

“We didn’t do all this work to give a game away,” he said. “The challenge of this week is quite simple,

we have to put that game behind us. We have to learn from it and get better. The big task is to get this team to look forward and not behind.”

The game against Incarnate Word will be the last time many of the Cardinals ever play in Provost Umphrey Stadium. Coach Woodard said their motivation is to make sure the seniors pull out a win.

“We deserve to go out and play well for our last game, and for our seniors,” he said “There’s not a lot of them, but every one of them is a major contributor to our football team, and they played well all year. I would think they would like to go out doing something special. For them to walk off the field and say, ‘my senior year, our last home game is what put us over the top to have a winning season,’ is something thank can hang their hat on. They deserve to go out winning.”

Cardinals will look to solidify their winning season against Incarnate Word, Saturday. The game will be at Provost Umphrey Stadium, and will kick off at 6 p.m.

Men’s basketball prepares for season opener against SMU MEDRON WHITE UP CONTRIBUTOR The Lamar University men’s basketball team will open the 2014 season against Southern Methodist University, 8:30 p.m., Friday, at Moody Coliseum in Dallas.

After going 3-28 last year, the Cardinals are eager to make major improvements.

“I think we have improved a lot since last year,” head coach Tic Price said. “We have high-caliber, high-character guys, overall better student athletes and better basketball players.

“We don’t have a superstar, we have a galaxy of stars. It is going to take a committee of people for us to be successful.”

Price said that he has to change the way the team thinks.

“We have a lot of work to do, we are going through a rebuilding process and we must change the culture of the past,” he said.

“We have a lot of guys that I am counting on this season to step up, and hopefully, we can make the progress that we need to start winning.”

Shooting guard Tyran De Lattibeaudiere

said the team has worked on building a solid foundation.

“We have improved a lot, structure-wise, and we are taking major pride in moving and playing as one unit — no one is playing individual basketball,” he said.

SMU, coached by Larr y Brown, is ranked 22nd nationally and promises to be a tough test.

“Going on the road to play SMU will be a challege in a hostile environment, going against a very talented team filled with McDonalds All-Americans, headed by a hall of fame coach,” Price said. “We have a chance to be a giant killer. We have to take advantage of every opportunity and play hard all four quarters.”

Adding to the pressure the Cards will face is the fact that the game will be televised on ESPN3, which brings another dynamic to the equation.

“We are organized and handling the pressure of playing on television pretty well,” De Lattibeaudiere said. “Actually, a few guys last year had the opportunity to play on television, so it is just another game to us.”

Although Price took over after former

coach Pat Knight left five games before the end of last season, this is his chance to build his own team.

For ward Donovan Ross said he is excited about the team’s potential.

“I feel really great going into the season with Coach Price as the head coach,” Ross said. “He has taught us a lot, and we have been working extremely hard and buying in to his coaching method.”

Ross said the team must tighten up on both ends of the floor.

“We are definitely not the same team from last year,” he said. “Our defense has definitely improved, and we are going to need it all game long to compete for a win over SMU.” Price and the basketball team are determined to re-build support for the team.

“We are looking forward to really turning this program around and getting the support from our alumni, as well as our student body and community, and, ultimately, I would like to see the day where there are no empty seats in the Montagne Center,” he said.

For more information, visit lamarcardinals.com/basketball.

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Forward Dontavious Sears passes the ball during preseason practice.

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CHILI COOK-OFF SATUDAY JENNIFER YACUTA UP CONTRIBUTOR Alpha Tau Omega Alumni will host a chili cook-off as a fundraiser for the Lamar University women’s athletic department, noon, Saturday, in the Montagne Center parking lot. “We wanted to try to make a difference for the programs that need help,�

Lee Potter, ATO alumni president, said in an email interview. “This year will be the second time the ATO host a chili cook off, because the first one was successful.

We had over 20 teams last year and raised over $1,000.�

Tickets are $10. Each ticket comes with 10 attachments for people to vote for their favorite chili. The winner of the chili cook off will be announced immediately prior to Saturday’s football game against The Incarnate Word University.

Last year’s goal was to help the women’s soccer team, Potter said, but

this year they hope to “spread the wealth� among more teams. “Women’s soccer, volleyball and basketball teams keep all the money from tickets sold and we underwrite the cost of the attendance,� Randy Ray Ptacek ATO alumni founding member, said. “We also try to raise money for underserved sports and to try to raise their profile and attendance,� he said.

The ATO alumni hopes the event will become an annual tradition. “It is fun for the tailgaters and a great way to involve the fans,� Potter said.

Current ATO members, known as the colony, will assist the alumni. “We help with anything they need,�

Roberto Merino, ATO social chair, said. “For example, work the gates, help collect and distribute samples, help the participants, and other things the alumni need help with.�

For more information, follow ATO on twitter or Instagram at Lamar_ATO.

‘New York State of Mind’ fashion show set for Friday KENYA MANUEL UP CONTRIBUTOR Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Foundation will host their 5th annual “Fashion Night: NY State of Mind,� 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday.

Participants will meet at Howell Furniture, 6095 Folsom Road in Beaumont.

Fourteen limousines will then chauffeur guests from boutique to boutique. They will have 20 to 30 minutes to shop in the stores. Attendees will return to Howell’s for gourmet cupcakes and door prizes.

There will be at least 15 local boutiques featured, including Bella Bella, Jackie’s, La Tee Da, Luxe Boutique and the Purple Door. Macy’s and Talbots are also two big sponsors of the event who will also have deals available for participants. “Since (Baptist) is a local hospital, we really try to promote local boutiques,�

Michelle Adams, event chair, said.

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Martinis and wine will be available and the event is catered. Lamar University’s baseball team will be escorts for the evening.

General admission tickets are $50. “We only have a few left, and this is the first time in the event’s history we have sold out as quickly as we have,� Kate Carroll, foundation executive director, said.

Carroll said the the goal of ‘Fashion Night’ is to be a precursor to ‘La Soiree,’ which will be held Jan. 31. The event is a black tie gala with a silent auction. “Fashion Night� and “La Soiree� proceeds are used to fund special projects such as electronics for the pediatric unit at various Baptist hospitals, and also funds for mammograms and biopsies for the Julie & Ben Rogers Cancer Institute.

For more information, call 212-6110, or visit www.bhset.net/Giving-Volunteering.

school — you do not have to continue if you do not want to. We have three-year college and after that you usually have to continue with education to have a good job. I have to go to school longer over here, but I think it will still be worth it. But since school is free (in Sweden) it is really hard to get into a good school because everybody goes to school now. So the competition is very high. Anyone can be a doctor, because it is free. We have a king, a queen, a prince and a princess. We still have the royalty. They don’t have any power, but they are still there. The castle is in the capital.

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Emma Jonasson, Falkenberg, Sweden sophomore What is the most common misconception about your home countr y?

Everybody thinks everybody has blonde hair and blue eyes, which is not true. I was born with blonde hair and blue eyes, but people always think everybody has it. And everybody assumes because Sweden is located in the north that it is winter all the time, but it’s not — we have summers, too. It is not snowing all the time. In the summer it gets to maybe 80 degrees at the highest. It never gets to 100 degrees — never. Our summers are a little nicer than here.

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

We have higher taxes than here, but we have free education and free health care. So if you need a new heart, you get that for free, you do not have to pay. I think that is one of our benefits. A lot of people are surprised when they hear that. Other than that, we finish high school in 10th grade instead of 12th and after that you are done with

Religion is very big here. In Sweden it is not.

Not many people go to church or not many people are religious. Here, every home has a cross. You pray in school. Religion is very big here and it is not where I come from. I am religious, but over there it is not in the culture. The food, of course, is very different here. We have two fast food restaurants in Sweden and they are Mcdonald’s and Burger King. It is not very common to eat like people do here. The heat is a big thing. When I first came down here it was so hot I was staying inside the whole time. And when we go to school, we do not work, we just study. Here, all my friends have extra work after school. I was like “Wow! How do you work and go to school?� In Sweden you are not allowed to own a gun. You can have a license to have a gun if you go hunting or something. When I tell my friends people can have a gun in their car, they say “Oh my god!� but it is no big deal here.

What would you like people in your home countr y to know about the U.S.?

Well I have a very different lifestyle down here.

I live on a very big farm with horses and I go to horse shows every weekend. Where I am from that does not even exist. I took my family to a rodeo and they were just shocked. Bull riding and all that stuff just does not exist over there. That is a big difference. And you would never ever see a person walk into a store with cowboy boots and a cowboy hat.

You would think that person would be going to a masquerade party. People dress very differently here. It is hard to imagine if you haven’t lived in it.

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

God’s Economy The key to understanding the Bible... “...in order that you might charge certain ones not to teach different things nor give heed to myths and unending genealogies, which produce questionings rather than God’s economy, which is in faith.�

(1 Timothy 1:3b-4)

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