UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Vol. 94, No. 8 November 2, 2017
A swinging time Campus comes alive with Homecoming activities Sierra Kondos UP staff writer
Lamar University’s Homecoming 2017 is in full swing with the week-long celebration continuing today with a Homecoming spirit booth on the Student Organization Annex Lawn at 11 a.m. “We will be giving out more Homecoming swag,” Ce’nese Wooten, cardinal activities board student director, said. Brandon T. Jackson will perform a Homecoming comedy show in the Montagne Center at 7:30 p.m. This is a change from the originally scheduled Wild ‘n Out comedians, The Hudson Brothers. Jackson is best known for his role as Grover Underwood in the Percy Jackson series of movies. Friday’s activities begin the run down to Saturday’s game and parade with The Cardinal Reunion BBQ at 3 p.m. at Cardinal Park. “We want this to be like a family reunion for all of us,” Wooten said. “We are all Cards and we want to celebrate our Homecoming together.” The Homecoming Pep Rally and Bonfire will be start at 6:30 p.m. on Spindletop Field opposite the Spindletop/Gladys City Boomtown
Museum, followed by a Dance Marathon at 8:30 p.m., in the Sheila Umphrey Recreational Sports Center. Saturday’s big day begins with The Spindletop Antique Car Show, 11a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Spindletop/Gladys City Boomtown Museum. The Homecoming Parade begins on the Rec Center parking lot at 2 p.m., followed by the Lamar vs. Central Arkansas game at 6 p.m. at Provost Umphrey Stadium. Homecoming events kicked off Monday with Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames and LU President Kenneth Evans announcing the royal court nominees on the Brook Shivers Dining Hall Lawn. The announcement was followed by the Homecoming block party. “The block party was a huge success, over 500 people showed up,” Wooten said. “We had a jumpy thing and a mechanical bull. There was a lot of fun food like funnel cakes, cotton candy, popcorn and sno cones. Then D.J. Smooth moved everyone to the block party and had the crowd rocking and dancing on stage.” Wooten said student organizaSee HOMECOMING, page 2
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Students dance, above, at the Homecoming Block party, Monday, on the Dining Hall Lawn. Events also included a bungee frame, right.
Health Center offers flu shots for LU campus Chandler Smith UP contributor
The Student Health Center is offering flu shots to all Lamar University students, faculty and staff, by appointment, for $25. “The flu vaccine is the best way to prevent influenza on campus and in the community,” Shawn R. Gray, Student Health Center director, said. “The fewer people who contract the flu, the less likely it is to spread.” Gray said everybody should be concerned about catching the flu. “It is a highly contagious virus spread through the air,” she said. “Influenza season begins in October and usually through April.” Gray said flu symptoms are well known. “If you catch the flu, you will experience high fevers, body aches, some coughing and generalized fatigue,” she said. Gray said that receiving a flu shot at the beginning of the season not only protects the person receiving the shot, but also protect others from the flu. “It can keep you from getting the flu, keep you out of the hospital and others out of the hospital,” she said. “It is a preventative measure to those with chronic conditions that
may worsen if they got the flu. It protects pregnant women before and after birth, and it protects their child from the flu after birth.” Flu symptoms can keep students out of classes, Gray said. “You will not be able to go to class due to weakness and fatigue for at least two weeks,” she said. “If you have ever had a cold, you can get the flu. Both are viruses. Viruses show no prejudices on who they infect. “Illness is part of living in a society. Steve Jobs was one of the wealthiest men in the world but all of his money could not stop him from getting sick.” Gray said the only downside to a flu shot is that one has to get one every year. “The influenza virus mutates and, therefore, becomes resistant to vaccines, so new ones need to be manufactured to match the specific virus of that season,” she said. According to the Center for Disease Control, there are about 31.4 million cases of the flu every season, or about five to 20 percent of the United States population. The CDC also states that around 200,000 Americans are hospitalized because of the flu. For more information, call 880-8466.
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Be a Healthy Card Peer program offers well-being education Elijah Porchia UP contributor
LU’s “Healthy Cards” is a program that offers students the opportunity to educate their peers about health. “The reason that students should sign up for the program is really the leadership they’re going to get out of this role, plus the education there going to get,: Marie Murray, a
health education specialist in LU’s Health Center, said. “A lot of times I get students that are interested because of their major, like nursing students and exercise science students. “Also, I got a graphic design student who gets to come in and design my fliers, so a lot of these students are getting some sort of experience that’s going to help them in their future.
“What I want students to bring to the program is a good attitude about it. I don’t care what your major is, it’s really just wanting to have that leadership role and having a good attitude about it.” Before students are hired on, they will watch a peer education training video, Murray said. See HEALTHY, page 2
McClinton to lecture today Rosevelt Mathews UP contributor
Nechele McClinton, Lamar University assistant director of residence life, will present the lecture, “Leading Out Loud,” at 2 p.m., today, in 702 Gray Library. The lecture is the latest in the Redtalks series. “Often, when we think about leadership, we think about qualities and characteristics,” she said. “So, I really want to shine the light on the characteristics that introverts have that make them good leaders as well, helping them identify if they’re introverts and extroverts, and if they are an extrovert, how they connect with their introverted friend.” McClinton said she wants the audience to get a better
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understanding of who they are ,and understand the different qualities of leadership whether they be introvert or extrovert, as well as ways to communicate with others who may have different leadership styles. “Having my doctorate in educational leadership and being a supervisor for many years, I speak through experience in dealing with self-discovery in leadership,” she said. Kelly Williams, coordinator for LU Success and REDtalks,
said leadership development is important for students. “I feel a lot of students would be interested in developing leadership skills,” she said. “I hope they obtain the knowledge that they need to gain valuable leadership skills. As well, I want them to walk away feeling inspired to be leaders on campus, in organizations or where they work, or even in the classroom.” For information, visit lamar.edu/redtalks, or call 880-7209.
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November 2
REDtalks: “Leading Out Loud” with Nechele McClinton Mary and John Gray Library, Room 702 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
November 3
Homecoming Bonfire Bonfire Field (east of Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum) 6:30 p.m.
November 4
Homecoming Parade Corner of Jimmy Simmons and E. Lavaca 2 p.m. Homecoming Fan Fest Plummer Lawn 3 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
tions competed as a unit during the Escape Room event, Tuesday lunch time. Wednesday saw a Cardinal Crafting event, where students made plush birds with bandanas, and a T-shirt swap. The excess T-shirts will be donated to Hurricane Harvey victims. A Homecoming game show was held on the Brook Shivers Dining Hall Lawn where students could win cash prizes. The day ended with NPHC Organizations participating in Hump Day celebrations For more information visit lamar. edu/homecoming.
Football vs. Central Arkansas (Homecoming) Provost Umphrey Stadium 6 p.m.
November 6
Guest Lecture: “The Golden Triangle and the Great War” with Lila Rakoczy Landes Auditorium 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Panel: “The Ten Days that Shook the World, One Hundred Years Later: The Political and Cultural Legacy of the Russian Revolution” Mary and John Gray Library, 8th Floor 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Activities at Monday’s block party included mechanical bull riding , right, line dancing.
HEALTHY
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“When we hire students, they go through certified peer education training,” she said. “What the training cover are things like how to talk about sensitive topics, how to communicate with students when you’re in that leadership role and as a peer, and how to give presentation. A lot of the sessions are really just laying the groundwork for how you can be a good peer educator. It is not just about the knowledge, it’s about how you present yourself. Senior Shantel Gay, who is a current peer educator, said she enjoys teaching students about health. “I like how I get a chance to educate my peers on things that they are unaware of, like alcohol abuse, nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, and letting them know
about STDs,” she said. Healthy Card peer education will have programs that help benefit students, Murray said. “One of the best things about this program is that I kind of build it like an internship —I want the students to take ownership of the program,” she said. For example, Gay is organizing a program on World’s Aids Day, Dec.1, offering free HIV testing, information on STDs, as well as some giveaways. “Shantel gets to plan it and do all the legwork and hard work,” Murray said. “We do a lot of interactions with students.” Murray said the Healthy Cards also organizes “Stress Week.” “The week before finals, we work with
different departments and put on a bunch of programs so students can relax,” she said. “A lot of it is the programming that the students want or need that we get to put on.” Murray said she wants the peer educators to grow out of the experience. “Students should look forward to having fun,” she said. “It’s a job where you get to socialize with other students. It’s also where we want you to learn and grow as a student leader.” Students must be a current full-time Lamar University or Lamar Institute of Technology student and maintain a minimum 2.7 cumulative GPA for each semester of participation. For more information or to apply, search for Healthy Cards at lamar.edu.
November 8
3rd Annual Veterans Appreciation Cookout Dining Hall Lawn 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
November 9
Educators’ Career Fair Mary and John Gray Library, 8th Floor 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Film and Discussion: “Gender Revolution” with Katie Couric Landes Auditorium 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
CALL FOR ENTRIES The Art Studio, Inc. is encouraging artists to create works for
‘SOUND/IN-SIGHT’ an open invitational show inspired by a pair of original compositions by Lamar University music majors
TOMMY MCPHEE AND AUSTIN FRANKLIN
Submissions will be accepted in person
noon to 5 p.m., Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at The Art Studio, Inc., 720 Franklin in downtown Beaumont.
The show will open Nov. 4
To hear the music, visit
artstudio.org/soundinsight All media accepted
EDITORIAL
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No one who ‘Wunderlists’ is lost
My days are powered by two things: espresso and a to-do list. I have a type-A personality. I want things in order, color coded, alphabetized, numbered, you name it. If it has to do with standardization, I want everything to do with it. I’m the type of person who, if my backpack was stolen, would be more concerned about the loss of my planner full of dates and appointments, than I would be of my $1,800 laptop that I’ll have to replace. If I drop my phone and it breaks, I’m perpetually anxious until I get a new one, not so I could talk and text, but so I would have access to my to-do list again. For as long as I can remember, I kept a running to-do list that I categorized (by colored heart emojis) ranging from school, work, personal (things I needed to purchase, home things, etc.), things I
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needed to remember for the future, and a list of things I needed to do for the future that didn’t need to be done immediately. I’m organized beyond what is good for me, I realize, but I do indeed get things done. Up until recently, I used the notes app on my phone to organize my to-do list as best as I could. I categorized everything manually, deleted each task once completed, and used different emojis to represent various facets of my life. I thought this was brilliant until a friend told me about a free to-do list app called Wunderlist. I don’t know that I’ve ever been so obsessed and head-overheels for an app. I feel like a fool in love, but I’m totally unashamed. This to-do list app not only allows you to make and catego-
rize to-do lists, you can set a due date and reminder for each task on your list. When you do this, the app makes a list called “Today” and “Week,” where all the tasks that you need to complete for that day or during the specified week are pulled into
these lists. But it gets better. Sometimes I have a few hours in the middle of the day and 12 things on my todo list that I need to get done at some point, but with no secure deadline. Wunderlist has a feature where you can “star” a task. When you do this, it is highlighted and pulled not only to the top of the list it’s under, but also goes into a new list called “Starred.” I use my Starred list to check off random things that I have random time allotted for. To make matters even cooler, you can sync your to-do list to all of your devices. Your anxiety can follow you. It’s great. Last, but certainly not least, Wunderlist has a feature where you can share a to-do list. This is incredible for group projects or planning an event with someone. My employer puts her to-do list for me in the app and shares it. When I finish tasks, I can check them off, so not only do I know they’re finished, she’s up-todate with what I’ve completed. I won’t deny that I feel cheated considering I went years of my life without the simplicity this app has to offer and the anxiety it would have freed me of, but that aside, I am proud to be a Wunderlist convert. Forget the handwritten to-do’s, or the iPhone notes app. I think everyone should make the switch. It’s wunderful.
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Cherished family addiction … er … tradition For as far back as I can remember, coffee has been a main staple in our household. When my mother would write out the grocery list, the magic bean was listed in the top five with bread, butter, sugar and tea. During my childhood, “Wake up and smell the coffee,” was taken in the literal sense, the strong aroma in the air meant it was time to rise with the day. I always thought that the way someone drank coffee said a lot about a person. My mother would take her coffee with milk and sugar, and go about to work with a pep in her step— clearly the side effects of combined sugar and caffeine after bustling all five of her children to the school bus.
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My father took his coffee strong and black. I think it matched his personality quite well. He clearly did not have a pep in his step, and no one dared to bother him before noon. As an adult now, I relate to him more than I thought I would. My first memory of beginning my day with coffee was when I was living with my brother, Zacheria. I woke up to the smell of sizzling bacon and got out of bed. When I went into the kitchen, my brother's back was turned to me while he was flipping the thin slices on the stove, and somehow, he heard my footsteps in the carpet and said, “Breakfast is almost ready, but I didn't make the coffee.” And quietly, I just walked over to the counter and began making coffee for us both. Somehow it became my job. It became important in our family. Over breakfast, we would sit down with our plates of bacon and mugs of coffee and quietly watch the news, just sitting in each other's company until caffeine worked its magic. For the next couple of years, I would dilute the taste of coffee with loads of sugar and creamers. I was not partial to the taste of coffee at all. Once I began college at Lamar University as a full-time student, taking on a fulltime job, raising my son, living on my own and paying all my bills, I realized that I was exhausted. My taste for sweet coffee became less important and my tolerance level
went up by four cups. It also became a part of who I am, and it didn't just stop with me. I spread the addiction to my sisters, or so I like to believe. Now that we are in our mid to late 20s, coffee talks have become a morning tradition. For almost a year, I had all my three sisters living right next to me. Every morning I would hear a pounding on my window or door and have three evil incarnate individuals glaring at me from the other side of the glass. Reluctantly, I would open the door and allow the Sanderson sisters into my home and flock down upon my coffee corner like it was a shrine. We all have different personalities, and the shades of the coffee we share attest to our differences. I am the world’s biggest procrastinator and stress keeps me awake at night, so I take my coffee with just a splash of Pumpkin Spice cream — the darker the better. My twin, Carolyn, adds two spoons of sugar and vanilla creamer into her cup. She only likes her one cup of coffee to do the trick-of-tricks — Hocus Pocus I need my coffee to focus. My little sister, Krystina, creates her coffee with cream and sugar. She is the rea-
son we have to brew multiple pots. Our baby sister, Holly, is new to coffee talks and takes her coffee with mostly sugar and milk — her taste for coffee is at a minimum level. My sisters and I sip lightly on our mugs as we talk about family matters, television shows, religion or work. On rare occasions, we might even talk about a new man that we are seeing, pass around his photo and make explicit comments that's just for laughs among sisters. This is by far the happiest I am in my life. The closeness that we share is bonding over coffee. The phrase, “Lets meet up for coffee,” is now known by all who know us as a serious invitation that, “We need coffee now,” and that we request your company. And paying for the company of a friend who is willing and fully committed to binge-drinking coffee, and talking about anything and everything is worth the money. For my family, “The best part of waking up…” is literally in our cups.
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Stress just a temporary state
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Spindetop’s Spooky Treat
Museum opens doors to annual kids’ fest
Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum hosted their annual Spindletop Spookfest, Oct. 26. Families from around the community gathered at the historic grounds with costumed children who played games to earn candy, made crafts and enjoyed snocones from Kona Ice. Lamar University students volunteered to assist with games such as “Shave the Balloon,” musical chairs, apple bobbing, pin the nose on the clown and Halloween ring toss. UP photos by Morgan Collier
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Monk who left his mark 500 years of reformed Christianity after Luther redefined ‘The Church’
uesday marked 500 years since the confrontation and debunking of Catholic church theology when Martin Luther, a German friar and innovative priest, glued 95 theses to a church door, singlehandedly taking the printing press from a side-industry to one of the central economic forces of the day — all in the small, quiet town of Wittenberg, Germany. “It was further north and east than other of the great cities of North Germany, like Erfurt and Leipzig,” Andrew Pettegree, author and professor of modern history at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, said in an interview with Tony Reinke, writer for DesiringGod.org. “Most sophistication (as much as there was at the time) was to be found in larger places — principally Leipzig (the established university town) and Erfert (another major center of scholarship). “Crucially, Wittenberg didn’t really have, like the great cities Augsburg and Nuremberg, an elite of merchants who ruled the place. There were a lot of people working in farming or at breweries, so it was fairly agricultural and really not very sophisticated.” Luther came from a successful family, where his father, Hans, had him educated at a Latin school. When he was 21, young Martin looked to become a lawyer. In 1505, after visiting his parents, Luther was caught in a violent thunderstorm. “(I was) besieged by the terror and agony of sudden death,” he wrote, according to Josep Palau Orta, historian and specialist in religion in 16th-century Europe, writing in National Geographic. Luther made a terrorstricken vow to St. Anne that he would join a religious order if she promised to save his life. Luther was true to his word, and in 1506 he gained full admission to the order. A year later he was ordained, and in 1508 he began teaching theology at the University of Wittenberg. “The current pope, Julius II, had decided to merge two opposite branches (the observant and nonobservant) of the order,” Orta writes. “A plan that horrified Luther’s
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strictly observant monastery.” In 1510, Luther traveled to Rome to defend the views of his monastery before the general Augustian council. During his stay, he discovered corruption festering within the Catholic Church. “The specific thing that was happening at that time was that (The Church) was selling indulgences — essentially a fundraiser where the Pope and others in authority would say, ‘If you just put this money in as an offering to help build Saint Peter’s Basilica, the soul of your dear, departed grandmother will rise up from purgatory into Heaven,’” Jim Menke, Pastor at St. John Lutheran Church in Beaumont, said. In 1515, Pope Leo X published a new indulgence that would help to fund the reconstruction of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. This enraged Luther, but he did not allow such corruption to discourage his Luther stated that any faith, rather he wrestled person could challenge the with his dissatisfaction pope as long as their arguuntil 1517 when he pubments were based on scriplished his 95 Theses. ture. Luther was “That’s just one example excommunicated from the of the practices of the church in 1521 and sent to Catholic Church that trial. Charles V, Holy Luther confronted and Roman Emperor, named challenged in his theses,” Luther and his followers Menke said. “The word of outlaws and wanted their the pope was as authoritawritings burned. Luther tive for the people of the fled and hid at Wartburg church as the Bible, so Castle. Luther literally confronted While there, Luther that teaching. translated the Bible into “Luther esGerman, sentially took being that everything out there was no of the hands of version in the the pope and vernacular or Catholicism in the language general, and of the comsaid that anymon man at one with faith the time. His could interpret writing conscripture.” tinued to Luther spread wanted to bring through Gerto light the libmany, despite erties that church This portrait shows Martin his being hidLuther as a young monk. authorities were den from socitaking for those ety. Medieval unable to read the Bible’s Europe was already full of Latin text — and so sparked handwritten books, but the the Protestant Reformation. printing press (invented in In 1518, Luther was 1436) is owed partial credit. summoned to Rome. How“At the beginning, what ever, Frederick the Wise, would have sold the books the elector of Saxony and to these people is the scanfounder of the new univerdal of Luther,” Pettegree sity at Wittenberg, interwrites. “The sense buzzing vened and Luther was around the news world was questioned in Germany. that something very odd This allowed Luther the op- was going on in this tiny portunity to engage in pub- place in North Germany — lic debate on religious this monk was standing up reforms. against the whole church.”
Pettegree writes that what is fascinating about print is that it had to be sold to people who didn’t know they wanted it — and it was not an easy sale. “Instead of the multicolored object that was their manuscript book, they were being offered something in black and white,” Pettegree writes. “In many respects, the printing press represented a step backwards for book culture rather than a step forward. It’s important to recognize that. “The publishers of the first books very often went bankrupt. In order for books to survive — in order for print to survive as a technology — they had to find a way to reach new markets.” Pettegree writes that Luther used the printing press to present theology in the language of the country, in short text — all of which was new. Together they formed a sweeping combination. “A lot of the people who printed for Luther had, in the years before the Reformation, printed for the church and, therefore, printed indulgences,” Pettegree writes. “What the Reformation did, is it inculcated the habit of buying books into many people who would not have previously owned books and certainly not have owned a collection of books.” Aside from print, Pette-
gree writes that the Reformation would not have established itself without a local preacher who supported Luther. “That’s where Luther’s Latin works are important. He’s still a very effective Latin writer, and this is persuading his fellow priests that his criticisms are justified,” Pettegree writes. Once the German people saw their respected leaders preaching in this particular way, they began to buy Luther’s work. “(The invention of the printing press) is one of the reasons, I believe, God ignited the Protestant Reformation,” Menke said. “Once the Bible translated into the language of the people, they didn’t have to have a priest translate it. The people started reading it for themselves and the spirit caught fire in their hearts.” The Reformation had an enormous impact on history, both politically and religiously. “Politically, it essentially led to a Europe divided into nation-states instead of united under one empire,” Rebecca Boone, LU history professor, said. “In terms of culture and religion, the Reformation has allowed more independence of thought and contrasting viewpoints in the long run.” See LUTHER, page 6
UP story package by Shelby Strickland
1483 Martin Luther born in Eisleben, Germany.
1510
1515
Luther travels to Rome and is appalled to discover corruption in the church.
Pope Leo X publishes a new indulgence to fund the reconstruction of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
1521 Martin Luther is excommunicated.
1455
1505
1517
1522
Johannes Gutenberg publishes his Bible, the first book printed.
Martin Luther decides to become a monk after being caught in a violent thunderstorm.
Ninety-Five Theses are published.
Luther publishes German translation of the Bible.
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Remember fifth of November
LUTHER
British annually celebrate foiling of ‘Gunpowder Plot’
In addition, the Reformation led to the development of all protestant denominations that exist today, Menke said. “On this side of Heaven there is always going to be the human side of the church,” he said. “There were differences of opinion concerning what scripture said about different aspects of our faith and our life, and our practice of that faith. “The real foundation of the Reformation is the basic fundamental salvation principle that people are saved by God’s grace through faith alone — and Jesus is the source of that salvation. There’s nothing we can try to do to earn God’s love, trying to live good enough lives or anything like that. That was the whole emphasis of (the Catholic Church) — you have to do certain things, buy certain things, give so much money to the church, and so on, for God to love you, and for you and others to get to Heaven someday. “(Luther) never intended to start a new church called a ‘Lutheran Church.’ His wish and goal was to restore the Catholic Church of that time. It is my personal opinion that Martin Luther would be rolling in his grave if he knew that there was a church body named after him called ‘Lutheran.’” Although Luther made a substantial impact on history and religion, he was not the first to confront the Catholic Church. Without the Protestant Reformation, where we would be today? “Other revolts might have erupted, causing the same upheaval,” Boone said. “The inventions of the printing press and guns pretty much assured massive rebellion in the 16th century, but perhaps these conflicts would not have been based on religion.” Without the publication of Luther’s 95 Theses not a single protestant church would exist today, or as Menke said, “Maybe God would have used someone else. “Maybe there would have been someone else 100 years later that God would have used to get his church, the Christian church on earth, back on track again is the way I like to put it — back on the track of the Gospel.” Luther is not remembered for the man he was, but for the result of the actions a German monk instigated when he questioned authority when authority is acting in a questionable manner. Although some insurrections followed, Luther condemned such acts. He was not a social reformer, but a theological radical, never condoning separation or violence. We celebrate the Protestant Reformation Martin Luther provoked that changed an entire world — even after 500 years.
Cade Smith UP staff writer
On Nov. 5, 1605, a Catholic bomb expert by the name of Guy Fawkes, was arrested in a vault full of gunpowder below London’s Houses of parliament. Four hundred and 12 years later, his name is still remembered by the English as they celebrate foiling the “Gunpowder Plot.” “I lived in Britain for a couple of years and, to this day, most cities and towns on the fifth of November, they’ll have a big party and people get together around a bonfire with fireworks,” Brenden Gillis, LU assistant professor of history, said. “It used to be common to burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes out of straw or wood, again to recognize that this was a patriotic victory. It is almost like the Fourth of July in Britain — it’s a real festive occasion.” Fawkes, along with ringleader Robert Catesby, Thomas Wintour, John Wright and Thomas Percy, plotted to blow up Parliament during the official state opening, when all of the country’s Protestant noblemen and King James I would be in the building. They were later joined in the plan by Wintour’s brother Robert and John Grant, as well as wealthy Catholics Ambrose Rookwood and Francis Tresham, who would be key to foiling the plot. “To understand why Guy Fawkes wanted to kill the king and blow up Parliament, you need to know a little bit about the history of Europe at the time,” Gillis said. It all started in 1517, when Martin Luther famously put the 95 theses on the Wittenberg Castle church door, in Germany, Gillis said. “That set off a couple of hundred years-worth of religious wars between Catholics and Protestants in Europe,” he said. “Famously, Henry VIII, as king of England, because he wanted a divorce, created the Church of England that split off from the Catholic church. “When Queen Mary controlled the throne (after Henry’s death), she tried to bring Catholicism back as the state religion, but under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the Protestant Church of England was the official religion of England. “At that time England and Spain got
Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! (Traditional English folk song) into a war, so in 1588, Spain sent the Spanish Armada to try and conquer England in the hopes that they could make it Catholic again.” Gillis said the fighting between the English and the Spanish was on the minds of the citizens during the early 1600s. “After Queen Elizabeth died, and James I came to the throne, people started to think that maybe James I would be a little bit more sympathetic to Catholics, because his mother was Mary Queen of Scots, and she was a Catholic,” he said. “When that didn’t turn out to be the case, a lot of Catholics in England thought that this was their last chance to try and take back control of the crown. Catholics, because of antiCatholic laws that were passed in Parliament, put in place measures to try to overthrow the government, and Guy Fawkes got caught up in this.” Fawkes and a few other Catholic conspirators decided that the best thing that they could do was blow up the king when he was addressing Parliament. “Doing this would wipe out the political leadership of the government, that they would be able to step in and
install a Catholic king or queen in place of James I,” Gillis said. Tresham sent an unsigned letter to his brother-in-law, Lord Monteagle, warning him not to attend the opening of Parliament. Monteagle was sympathetic to the crown and alerted the authorities. As a result, Fawkes, who was in charge of lighting the gunpowder, was caught. Most of the plotters fled to Staffordshire. Catesby, Percy and the Wright brothers died in a shootout with 200 sheriff’s men. The rest were captured and taken to London for trial, whereafter, they were hanged, drawn and quartered. “The reason that we remember Guy Fawkes today, is that he was the one who was found with gunpowder in a storeroom in the basement on the ground floor of the Parliament building ready to blow it up the next day,” Gillis said. Fawkes was arrested late at night on Nov. 4. “This was seen as a crisis averted, the monarchy survived, and James I and his descendents would go on to rule Britain at least until 1688 when they were kicked out,” he said. “The year after the gunpowder plot was uncovered, Parliament declared that the fifth of November, going forward, should be a day of thanksgiving.” “Bonfire Night” is celebrated all over England. Traditionally, children use old clothes stuffed with straw to make a “Guy,” and, yelling, “Penny for the Guy,” beg for money for fireworks on the streets. While street practice has died out, effigies of the traitorous Fawkes are still burned as Britons shoot fireworks and remember the fifth of November.
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Week 4 Standings 1st place Jason Harrington 124 points 2nd place Ryan Ard 71 3rd place Chris Tyson 55 Week 5 Standings 1st place Jason Harrington 190 points 2nd place Ryan Ard 153 3rd place Flavies Heffner 137 4th place Chris Tyson 105
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The Lamar Cardinals soccer team went from worst to first Friday night, winning the regular season Southland Conference championship for the first time since 2006 after finishing bottom of the SLC last year. The Lady Cards defeated their rivals, McNeese State, 4-1 at the LU Soccer Complex, in front of the 695 fans, setting a school attendance record. “It’s the greatest moment of our soccer history,” head coach Steve Holeman said. “I’m just fortunate to be a part of this program. What a turnaround we had. “They believed in everything we did. We’ve just been on this amazing run and it all leads all up to this. These seniors have never been to a conference tournament and now they’re conference champs.” The Lady Cards scored their first goal off a penalty kick in the sixth minute and never looked back. Senior M.J. Eckart, who is one of the seven honored seniors at the ceremony before the game, scored the PK. “Indescribable — I can’t even put together the words, what it means to be on this team,” Eckarts said. “We’ve worked so hard and the seniors have been through so much in the past years, to end on this note is an amazing feeling.” In the second half, the Lady Cards increased their lead to 3-0, scoring quick backto-back goals. Junior Juliana Ocampo scored on a scramble one minute into the second half, and Madison Ledet assisted Kelso Peskins in another goal less than four minutes later. Senior Tori Alaniz scored the last goal for the Lady Cards after the assist from a corner
by Lucy Ashworth, for a 4-0 lead. The Lady Cowgirls got a consolation in the 77th minute but could close the gap no further. “Going from a team that barely won a game to a team that’s first in conference is amazing,” Alaniz said. “Honestly, we did the impossible. I’m just excited to get to Corpus Christi and hopefully we’ll make it to nationals. I love my team and I’m so proud of them.” Lamar had its best offensive showing against the conference’s best defense, Holeman said. “That’s what made it more special,” he said. “We’ve been pretty good on set pieces throughout the season. We know we’re dangerous on corner kicks, but we knew that could be the difference in the game and it was. “(The Lady Cards) were energized. They came out with intensity. They wanted this. We said before the game, this is for the seniors.” Holeman said there had been a buzz all week about the game. “When it came down to the No. 1 vs. the No. 2 in the SLC title, the team started receiving calls,” he said. “Other teams from Lamar reached out and said they were going to come and support the Lady Cardinals and the local community. Everyone was on board. It was a phenomenal atmosphere and just a great moment for Lamar soccer.” After the crowd rushed onto the center of the field to congratulate and celebrate with the team, the Lady Cards were presented with the Southland Conference regular season championship award. Lauren Lovejoy, senior goalie, said she would not change anything about the season.
In action, freshman Lucy Ashworth. “Well, we’re going to go get that second ring (for SLC tournament),” she said. “That’s what’s pushing us forward — we want that second ring.” The Lady Cardinals faced hosts Texas A&M Corpus Christi in the first Southland Conference game, Wednesday. Result was unavailable at press time. But on Friday, Holeman said the team was just going to enjoy the moment. “We enter as the number one seed which means everybody’s going to be coming after us,” he said. “It’s been an amazing run.”
Eight softball players named All-Americans Cade Smith UP staff writer
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association named eight Lamar University softball players as All-America scholarathletes for the 2017 season. To win the award, the players had to maintain a 3.5 GPA. “(It) feels good that my young ladies can excel in things other than softball,” Holly Bruder, LU head softball coach, said. “We strive to excel in all aspects of life and this is just another accomplishment to add to wins, community service, and now academic excellence.” Representing the team were Samantha Cetta, Erin Kyle, Ciara Luna, Ashley McDowell, Madeline Myers, Laura Napoli,
Ashley McDowell
Maddy Myers
Caitlin Terrazas and Corina Thornton. Five of the eight will return to play in the 2018 season (Kyle, Myers, Napoli, Terrazas and Thornton). “This award is such an honor — we’ve worked so hard on and off the field,” junior outfielder Myers said. “Being recognized for our academic accomplishments is something truly amazing.” Last season, Myers batted .265 in Southland Conference play. The players said they believe that winning this award is really about balancing time between study and playing. “It’s all about time management, it’s hard fitting in and getting enough food to eat, but it is all about prioritizing,”
Laura Napoli
Corina Thornton
sophomore pitcher Kyle said. “Also, getting stuff done ahead of schedule is really beneficial to success.” Kyle said she believes that winning this award will set examples and help motivate the incoming players this season to do well and excel, both on and off the field. The Lady Cards had a 34-31 record and advanced to the championship game of the National Invitational Softball Championship before losing to Liberty University. It was the first national postseason appearance for the team since its revival in 2013. “The goal for us all is to win conference and go back to that championship game, and actually win it,” senior pitcher Napoli said. “A goal for me,
Caitlin Terrazas
Erin Kyle
personally, is to win the award again, and win pitcher of the year for the Southland Conference.” Napoli, holds LU career pitching records for wins with 39, appearances with 110, innings pitched with 462.2, saves with seven, and complete games with 36. She also has 220 career strikeouts, which is third on the all-time university list. Bruder said that winning the awards can propel a great spring season. “To hold our players to this standard is a good thing,” she said. “We strive to be the best on the field, in the community, and in the classroom — this is no exception,” she said. “We will keep growing from this benchmark.”
Samantha Cetta
Ciara Luna
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