Greta Lemerond’s Journalist Portfolio
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Desktop Publishing Fall 2023 Assignment 5
For our fifth assignment, we were to make a menu for a real or fictional restaurant. I used KO Korean Grill, a local Korean fusion restaurant my friends and I frequent. The actual menu features many more items than mine, but I didn’t want to make it overcrowded, so I just included some of the…
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Desktop Publishing Fall 2023 Assignment 4
For our fourth assignment, we were supposed to create a poster and flyer for the same event. I decided to design a poster/flyer in Canva for an open mic night at The End, a hardcore punk club in Houston. Punk is a very political music genre, and I wanted to emphasize that a lot in…
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Desktop Publishing Fall 2023 Assignment 3
For our third assignment, we were assigned to create two advertisements: one with words and a graphic, and one only with words. For my picture ad, I used Lady Luck Bar & Casino because I wanted to build on my casino idea. Typically, casinos have very maximalist, overwhelming advertisements to mimic the feeling of being…
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Desktop Publishing Fall 2023 Assignment 2
For our second assignment, we were to use an infographic to show statistics about something we were interested in. I decided to compare the worldwide album sales (in millions of copies) of the Big Four of thrash metal: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. I knew Metallica would clearly be the winner, but I wanted to…
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Dance concert set for Nov. 10-11
Lamar University’s department of theatre & dance will host the annual “Fall & Recovery” faculty dance concert, Nov. 10-11, in the University Theatre. “Fall & Recovery” is a showcase of seven pieces choreographed by professors Amy Elizabeth, Lou Arrington, Amy A. Wright and Golden Wright, as well as guest choreographer Jesus Acosta. The concert will…
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Carter book signing set for Saturday
Keith Carter has always been interested in the swamps of Southeast Texas, finding a spiritual quality to the way the trees’ canopies diffused the light. Carter’s latest book, “Ghostlight,” is the culmination of a project several years in the making. Carter will sign copies of his 15th book, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday…
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Globally Diverse: International student enrollment sets record
Lamar University registered 1,402 international students for the fall 2023 semester, a new record for international enrollment for the university. Hailing from 50 different countries and studying 64 different majors, this year’s international enrollment is a 38% increase from last year. Mustapha Jourdini, executive director of the Office of International Education & Services, said the…
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LU Piano Fest set for Sept. 29-30
Lamar University’s Mary Morgan Moore department of music will host a piano festival, Sept. 29-30 in the Rothwell Recital Hall. Events will include masterclasses, recitals and a guest performance by pianists Duo Mundi George and Guli. “Each of the masterclass participants will perform a piece they have performed for our festival guest artists and receive…
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Desktop Publishing Fall 2023: Assignment 1
This past autumn, I have taken a Desktop Publishing class at Lamar University. The following is one of my assignments for that class and my thought process behind it. Combining graphic and text Our first assignment was combining two words to create a novel graphic to base a design off of. I decided to use…
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Spectrum Club meeting for students with autism held Monday
(Originally written May 4 2023) On May 1, Beaumont senior Donovan Adams held a meeting for the Spectrum Club, a club for students on the autism spectrum, at the Speech and Hearing Center. The Monday meeting was intended for students interested in the club to meet the members and ask questions about the club and…
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