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UNIVERSITY PRESS August 31,1984*4
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Ed and Lorraine Warren, probably America’s best-known ghost chasers, will
present a program, Wednesday, at 8 p.m., in the Setzer Student Center Ballroom.
They are being sponsored by the SSC Forum Committee.
Who ya ’gonna call ?
Ghostbusters to visit Lamar
By JAMES HARPER
UP staff writer
America’s top ghost hunters, Ed
and Lorraine Warren, will present a
multi-media program, Wednesday
at 8 p.m. in the Setzer Student
Center Ballroom.
Ed and Lorraine Warren will pre-
sent an in-depth look at two of the
most intense and frightening cases
of true demonic ha untings to take
place in the United States this cen-
tury, “Hie Amityville Horror” and
“The Demon Murder Case,” accor-
ding to Annie Stegeman, acting pro-
gram director for the SSC.
From colonial days, the land
bordering on the Amityville River
was avoided by local Indians who
claimed it to be inhabited by devils.
In the 1970s, Ronald De Feo, ac-
cused murderer of his entire family,
claimed during his trial that he had
been “possessed” by something to
commit the crime. Having been in-
volved with drugs and regarded as a
general outcast, his problem was
diagnosed as purely psychological.
One year later, ex-Marine George
Lutz moved his family into the
house. On Jan. 14, 1976, they fled
from that house with just the clothes
on their backs, never to return.
Demonic faces appeared to them
in the dead of night. Doors were rip-
ped off hinges and windows thrown
open. George said he woke up one
night to find his wife Kathy floating
in the air towards the open window
of their second story bedroom.
Strange tracks were discovered
around the house in the snow. Before
George’s eyes, one night Kathy’s
facial features turned into those of
an old hag. Their youngest daughter
claimed to have an imaginary
playmate that turned out to be a
hideous creature from another
dimension.
A priest, asked to bless the house,
reportedly came under demonic at-
tack for weeks in his rectory, miles
away from the house.
In February 1976, less than a
month later, the Lutzes left. With
almost 25 years experience in in-
vestigating the supernatural in
North America, Europe and
Australia, the Warrens were called
in to investigate the house.
While conducting several seances
as part of the Warrens’ investiga-
tion, two mediums became violently
ill and had to leave.
While Ed was in the process of
gaining access to spend a second
night in the house with two fellow in-
vestigators, he received a warning
from the priest. Hie priest said he
had been told by some demonic force
that if Ed Warren entered that house
again he would never leave it alive.
Their intensive research on over
3,000 cases of reported phenomena
has convinced them beyond a
shadow of a doubt of the existence of
ghosts, demons, witches, satanists
and vampires.
They have delved into such areas
as voodoo, exorcisms and posses-
sions, curses, reincarnation, human
combustion, psychic photography,
seances, telepathy and many other
“occult” sciences.
After Lorraine’s continued con-
frontations with “spiritual entities”
during investigations with Ed, she
finally decided to develop the
powers of clairvoyance that she, as a
child, had discovered.
Today she describes herself as a
light trance medium with the ability
to pick up thought impressions pre-
sent in the environment.
The Warrens last appeared on the
Lamar campus in 1979 to an
overflow crowd in the ballroom.
“Buy your tickets early, before
they disappear,” Stegeman said.
“Don’t be one of the 200 who were
turned away last time.”
Tickets are $1 with LU ID, $1.50 for
high school students and senior
citizens and $2 for the general
public. Tickets are available at the
SSC Check Cashing Booth.
The Warrens’ appearance at
Lamar is sponsored by the SSC
Council Forum Committee.
A work of art housing art
Museum:
By LILLIAN MORGAN
UP staff writer
Located on the comer of Ashley
and Ninth streets is a Southern
Regency-style mansion filled with a
collection of paintings, sculpture
and mixed media art. Built by an oil-
rich family named Wilson in 1935,
this mansion is now the home of the
Beaumont Art Museum.
A work of art in itself, this struc-
ture brings one back into a rich set-
ting of one of Beaumont’s finest old
town sites. The J. Cooke Wilson
family imported iron work from
Europe to add to the mansion’s per-
sonal nostalgia. The outside sur-
roundings are peaceful and relaxing
and full of beauty.
The Beaumont Art Museum is
easily accessible to all and the ad-
mission is free. There is ample park-
ing and the building is equipped for
the handicapped as well. However,
because of rapid growth, the ac-
comodations are now limited and
plans for a new museum are now
underway.
According to Dorothy Jensen,
public information officer, funds for
the new building are “growing
rapidly and construction is schedul-
ed to begin near the end of this
year.” Donations are needed and
are appreciated, she said.
Beginning Sept. 8, “Watercolor
U.S.A. 1984” wiU be exhibited
through Oct. 21 and is open to the
public.
A film series for art lovers will be
given in September and another will
be shown in October with a fee $2 per
film, Jensen said.
More educational programs are
being offered and those who are in-
terested should contact Jensen at
the museum, 1111 Ninth Street, or by
telephoning 832-3432.
Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Tuesday through Friday; 2 p.m.- 5
p.m., Saturday and Sunday; and
closed on Monday.
SSCC plans inexpensive entertainment
Annie Stegeman, Lisa Tramel and
the Setzer Student Center Council
are looking forward to a fun and in-
expensive year of entertainment.
Stegeman, director of student
organization services, and Tramel,
SSCC president, say the council has
a varied lineup of activities.
Psalms 150, a student gospel choir,
will perform from 11 a.m. until 1
p.m. today as part of the Howdy
Week festivities.
Detente, a local band, will also
perform today at 7 p.m. for a Street
Dance in the Main Dining Hall Park-
ing Lot. In case of rain, the dance
will be held in the SSC Perch.
A pregame barbecue will be serv-
ed Saturday in the Cardinal Stadium
Parking Lot. At 7 p.m., the Cards
open the 1984 season against Texas
Southern University.
Beginning Tuesday, Impact Laser
Art will be on sale in the SSC Arbor.
The sale will conclude Sept 7.
During the fall, the SSCC will pre-
sent classic films such as “Glass
House” and “Lady Sings the Blues’.’
and contemporary films such as
“Footloose” and “Stayin’ Alive.”
Tramel replaced Terry Roy as
SSCC president earlier this month
for the 1984-85 year. Roy resigned
the post because of conflicts with her
dasswork.
Stegeman is serving as acting ad-
viser of the group until a permanent
adviser is hired. Former SSC pro-
gram director Bobbie Applegate re-
quested a leave of absence in the
spring to complete studies in ac-
counting.
Students interested in joining a
committee or talking about ideas
can drop by the SSCC offices,
located in the Activities Area, 200
Setzer Student Center.
Fine arts sets exhibits, performances, recitals
By GEORGANNE FAULKNER
UP staff writer
Lamar’s social life won’t be dead
this fall with the calendar of events
that the College of Fine and Applied
Arts has planned.
The art, theatre and music depart-
ments will host events throughout
the semester.
Six exhibitions are set for the
Dishman Art Gallery, located on the
north end of campus. Beginning
Wednesday through Sept. 25, a col-
lection of watercolorist Marvin
Hayes’ work will be shown. This
showing will feature the university’s
collection.
KVLU airs
By TERRY TRIMBLE
UP staff writer
When you tune your radio to 91.3
on your FM dial, you are not just
listening to your average radio sta-
tion. You’re tuning in to KVLU, the
only public radio station in
Southeast Texas.
Affiliated with National Public
Ruth Rubin will exhibit her quilt
collection at the Dishman from Sept.
28-Oct. 31. During that time, a collec-
tion of African art will also be on ex-
hibition beginning Sept. 28 through
Nov. 20.
Works by Steve Crain will be on
exhibition from Nov. 2-29, and the
semesterly senior art show is
scheduled for Nov. 25-Dec. 14.
The gallery wraps up the semester
with a student art sale beginning
Nov. 30 through Dec. 1.
Theatre-goers will find ample op-
portunity on campus this fall. The
Lamar University Theatre Ex-
perience presents, from Oct. 17-20, a
Radio, KVLU-FM is located in the
Commuications Building.
A listener-supported radio station,
KVLU operates under the power of
40,000 watts, and has a broadcasting
range of 50 to 100 miles outside the
Beaumont city limits. Programs
from all over the country are receiv-
ed via satellite, and broadcast from
production of “Captain Curry’s
Wonderful, Magical, Ragtime Stage
and Medicine Show” at 8:15 p.m.
each evening in the Studio Theatre.
LUTE’s next production will be
“The School for Scandal,” playing
every night Dec. 5-8 at 8:15 in the
Studio Theatre.
The music department gets in on
the act with seven concerts this
semester. On Oct. 2, music faculty
member Thomas Morehouse will
have a cello concert in the recital
hall, located in the Music Building,
at 8 p.m.
Staff accompaniest Gerald Ber-
thiaume’s piano recital will be at 8
the campus of Lamar.
Broadcasts range from national
and local news programs to the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
KVLU even features an old-time
radio program like many of our
grandparents listened to back in the
1930s and 40s.
KVLU recently celebrated its 10th
p.m. on Oct. 9 in the recital hall. The
Beaumont Percussion Trio will per-
form in the recital hall at 8 p.m. on
Oct. 16.
Clarinetist Pamela Bingham will
appear in concert with Morehouse
and piano accompaniment at 8 p.m.
on Nov. 14. A faculty and student
percussion ensemble will perform at
8 p.m., Nov. 27, in the recital hall.
The University Combined Choirs
will hold a concert at 8 p.m. in the
University Theatre on Dec. 4. The
music department will end the
semester with the Symphonic Band
concert at 8 p.m. in the University
Theatre on Dec. 11.
anniversary, and station manager
George Beverley said he is looking
forward to 10 more.
Twice each year, KVLU holds
fund drives. Last spring, con-
tributors pledged over $23,700.
Questions or comments regarding
programing may be addressed to
Beverley at 838-8164.
variety of programs for listeners
Mexican tours offered to collegiate vacationers
Odyssey Tours has developed a
special program oriented to college
groups desiring to experience a
foreign culture and earn college
credits doing so.
The company is offering seven-
day, six-night tours of Mexico
designed especially for collegiate
vacationers.
Statistics show that 90 percent of
the U.S. population has never been
out of the country. The tour will
enable participants to visit a country
and absorb its culture while massing
semester credit.
Veracruz, the final destination of
the tour, has for many years been a
favorite weekend and summer
destination for Mexicans but it has
been virtually ignored by the inter-
national tourist market, tour
organizers say.
While prices escalated on
Mexico’s Pacific Coast, prices have
remained extremely low on the Gulf
of Mexico side. Veracruz is the New
World’s oldest port—it was founded
in 1519 by Heman Cortez—and is one
of Mexico’s “most Spanish” cities.
The entire area is lush and tropical
and pleasant in the winter.
Pre-Columbian history and scuba
diving are the focus of these activity-
oriented tours.
Odyssey Tours has designed these
tours especially for single and young
married groups age 16-35. Each
small group will have a bilingual
hostess throughout the seven days
and six nights of the tour.
Departures are from Brownsville,
Texas. Parking is available for your
car or bus if you drive to
Brownsville.
The tours are “all inclusive” with
all chartered air, motorcoach, ac-
comodations, meals and sightseeing
admissions included.
All bookings made before Dec. 16,
1984, will receive half price discount
certificates for the tour, a savings of
$295 per person, while supply lasts.
For more information, certificates
and color brochure, contact Odyssey
Tours Ltd., P.O. Box 1261, Colum-
bus, Neb., 68601,1-402-564-1113.
Entertainment Briefs
MDA Telethon to feature Mr. T
“A-Team’s” Mr. T will join forces with “Knight Rider’s” David
Hasselhoff and cast members from “Dallas” and “Knot’s
Landing” when the 1984 Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon hits the
airwaves.
Billed this year as “the” telethon, the 21%-hour show will be
broadcast live from Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas starting Sunday
at 8 p.m.
Money raised by the telethon supports the Muscular Dystrophy
Association’s worldwide research effort and nationwide patient
services program which benefit people with any of the 40
neuromuscular diseases covered by the association.
Chet Atkins to appear at Lutcher
ORANGE—Lutcher Theater at Orange Civic Plaza has schedul-
ed a performance of “The Chet Atkins’ Show” on Sept. 20 at 8 p.m.
“diet Atkins peppers his live performances with everything
from rag to Mozart, from Jim Croce to flamenco,” a spokesperson
from the theater said. “The Orange appearance will be a
kaleidoscope of musical forms.”
Additional ticket information is available by calling the theater
box office at (409) 886-5535, or by contacting any Ticketron outlet.
Civic Ballet to stage ‘Giselle’
The Beaumont Civic Ballet will present the ballet “Giselle” on
Sept. 6.
The ballet will be performed by the Tulsa Ballet Theater.
The performance will be held at Julie Rogers Theater at 8 p.m.
BCP plans production of *Birdie ’
The Beaumont Community Plavers are planning several presen-
tations of the musical “Bye Bye Birdie.”
Hie first showings are scheduled for Sept. 13 through Sept. 15.
Performances will begin at 8:15 p.m. at Community Theater at
Fair Park on Gulf Street.
Gallagher sets Sept. 22 shows
Gallagher, modern-day philosopher and comedian, will be per-
forming at Julie Rogers Theater, Sept. 22.
Two performances are scheduled, the first at 4 p.m. and the se-
cond at 8 p.m. Both will be taped for a “Gallagher Live” special to
be aired on cable television’s “Showtime” in October and
November.
Hckets are on sale at the Beaumont Civic Center Box Office.
Cost is $10 per person in advance.
Pianist Nero to appear with BSO
Peter Nero will be featured as pianist in the Beaumont Symphony
Orchestra’s Pop Concert, scheduled for Sept. 20.
The concert will be held at 8 p.m. in the Julie Rogers Theater.
Classes host picnic, rally, party
The freshman class will sponsor a freshman picnic, today bet-
ween 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the Brooks-Shivers Dining Hall
Students on the board plan can use their meal cards. Cash price
for the picnic is $3.83.
Immediately following the picnic, at 7 p.m., a freshman class pep
rally will be held featuring Lamar football players, coaches and
cheerleaders.
The sophomore, junior and senior classes are combining efforts
with the Residence Hall Association to present an after game party
Saturday, from 9 p.m. to midnight.
The dance will be held in the Setzer Student Center Ballroom. The
admission is free with LU ID.
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