University Press

From The SPark Plug to the University Press, Lamar's student newspaper is still hitting on all cylinders after 83 years of publication. Several of those years, it has hit on four, some on eight, and, in recent years, maybe even 12. But some years, especially during the Great Depression, it was lucky to be hitting on two. When South Park College, now Lamar University, started in 1923, a Student Publications Board was appointed to study the wishes and abilities of the students and the need for a student newspaper. The committee decided that, indeed, the school needed a newspaper.