The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1970 Page: 1 of 12
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AN EDITORIAL
New Thinking Needed
By Mike Ramsey
Vol. 20 No. 19 Lamar State College of Technology, Beaumont, Texas 77705 March 13,1970
Redbird Editor-in-Chief
The subject of open housing is one that has
been tossed back and forth for the past two
weeks, with the general consensus seemingly
in favor of the proposal.
If put into practice it would not signify
mass migration of students into the opposite
sex’s housing facilities. Rather, a visiting
hour would be established at which time dorm
residents could entertain the opposite sex in
their various quarters.
The opposition, as is usual in such cases,
is coming from the administration, which
seems bent on keeping housing regulations
attuned to the traditionalistic, outdated think-
ing of the area..
Irony surrounding the issue is most pre-
valent. One of the administration’s big pro-
jects this year was to make each dorm re-
sponsible for its own regulations.
To our knowledge, all the dorms have gone
on record as favoringopen housing and as ex-
pressed by the letters received by this
publication last week, are most vigorous in
their attempts to see this made a college
policy.
Certainly, none of the proposals concern-
ing this issue as presented by the dorms can
be construed as intolerable. We seriously
doubt that local censors would descend uoon
the college with a big X and a “mature aud-
ience only” label, although one can never tell
in this area.
Financial woes from unoccupied housing
facilities have been a problem on this campus
for years, to which administration officials
have been quick to refer when housing is
is discussed.
One possible reason could be the un-
attractiveness of the present housing policy.
While the rest of the society advances, the
Lamar housing policy continues to cling to
the same contemporary beliefs.
The time has come for some modern
thinking about housing policies Certainly the
establishment of open housing regulations as
now proposed by the various dorms would be
a step in this direction.
If Lamar is to truly be an educational in-
stitution, then it must modernize its policies
as well as its teaching methods.
We must stop allowing this area to do our
thinking. It is time for the college to think
on its own.
Rock, Soul Bands
Compete Tonight
Twelve hard rock and soul
bands are scheduled to compete
in the ‘Band Blast Off* portion
of the Creative Arts Festival
here today.
Competition in the two cate-
gories will begin at 7:30 p.m. on
the Lamar Theatre with each band
playing for approximately 15 min-
utes. Admission is by Lamar Tech
student identification card.
Area bands will vie for tro-
phies and recording contracts
with National Productions of
Beaumont. Judges include A1 Cal-
dwell, KAYC Radio; Nathan De-
Graffenried and Jerry Mazzola,
National Productions; and Floyd
Badeaux, Spindletop Records,
Port Arthur.
Hard rock groups appearing
will be “Brandy,* “Feather,*
“Carbon Arc,* “Sparks Circus,*
“The Masque,* “The leches
Five,* and “Blues Force.*
Entered in the soul category
are Carl Stewart ana me ou)uu
Carl Wayne and the Mag-
nificent Seven; John Oliver Jack-
son; Talmadge Armstrong and the
Ascots; and Black Sunshine and
the Times.
Winners of the competition will
play at a dance during the Ca-
sino Night Party from 8 p.m.-
12 a.m. Saturday at Brooks-Shi-
vers Hall. Admission to Casino
Night, which also features door
prizes, is by identification card
and 25 cents.
Closing the week will be the
motion picture, “Oklahoma!* at
6:30 p.m. Sunday in the Science
Auditorium.
College to Close Second
Dormitory in September
By Mike Ramsey
Present housing policies were
the subject of intense discussion
at the monthly Board of Regents
meeting Wednesday.
Dr. Frank Thomas, president,
presented the board with stat-
istics concerning the present
residency enrollment in college
operated housing facilities.
He explained that the present
vacancy, which now numbers over
800, will force the college to
close another dormitory. Earlier
ths year Combs Hall had been
closed.
Discussion then centered a-
round the various reasons for the
low rate of residency. Dr. Thom-
as explained that the present
policy of the college calls for all
students who do not live with their
parents to live in college operated
housing facilities.
“Most students, however, have
found ways to get around this pol-
icy,* said Dr. David Bost, vice
president of student affairs.
“They do this by conveniently
finding an aunt who in most cases
turns out to be a landlord.*
Lloyd Longnion, student assoc-
iation president, then stated that
the unattractiveness of the hous-
ing policies may be the reason for
the low residency rate.
He explained that most students
who live in apartments would pre-
Readmission
Application
Date Set
Students currently enrolled in
spring semester of 1970 are ad-
vised that they must make ap-
plication for readmission to each
summer session and fall semes-
ter 1970 that they plan to at-
tend, announced Elmer Rode, as-
sistant registrar.
The first step in the read-
mission process is for students
to be counseled by their major
department where they will re-
ceive a departmental authoriza-
tion slip from the depart-
ment head.
Students are encouraged to ap-
ply for all the semesters that
they plan to attend at the same
counseling session. They may
begin the counseling process with
department heads April 13.
students will present the au-
thorization slip to the registrar’s
office before the deadline date
for each semester’s application.
They will fill out prepunched re-
admission cards for each semes-
ter they plan to attend.
Cutoff dates for readmission
are as follows: summer session
1, May 8; summer session 11,
July 1; and fall semester of 1970,
August 1. Students who do not
complete the registration pro-
cess before the above deadlines
will be assigned late registra-
tion and subject to late regis-
tration fees.
fer to live in dorms because of
the high cost involved in renting
an apartment.
“However, because of such
binding things as curfews and
closed facilities, they chose to
live elsewhere,* he stated.
The question was then posed as
to whether or not dorm residency
has increased in other colleges
which have relaxed dorm re-
strictions.
Dr. Bost explained that such
was not the case in colleges which
his department had studied.
“The only case where this
proved to be the case was Tu-
lane, where restrictions became
so relaxed that students, esp-
ecially those with drugs, flocked
back to the dorms to evade the
police,* said Dr. Bost. “We have
given dorm residents here an op-
portunity to make their own rules
but they have been reluctant to
assume this responsibility.*
Further discussion on the topic
was put off until next month at
which time serious consideration
will be given to the matter, ac-
cording to Dr. Thomas.
The Board, in other action,
approved initiation of a Board
of Regents’ Development pro-
gram with Dick Oliver, director
of development, heading the pro-
gram.
The purpose of the program
will be to plan and execute an
effort to increase support for the
college from the community and
to solidify support of alumni
population.
The program’s policies will be
determined by the Board with the
President making recommendat-
ions from time to time.
Faculty development leaves to
six faculty members were ap-
proved. Two semesters leaves
went to Dr. Mietzel Miller,
associate professor of econo-
mics, Carl Carruth, assistant
professor of industrial engineer-
ing, and Charles Lauffer, assis-
tant professor of mathematics.
One semester leaves Were a-
warded to Joseph Baj, assistant
professor of mathematics, Dr.
Ralph Wooster, professor of his-
tory, and Anne Harmon, assis-
tant professor of chemistry.
IS IT REALLY RAINING--Well, you couldn’t
make coed Fam Fitzgerald believe it. She
made the mistake of opening her umbrella on
of all days, Friday the 13th, which just hap-
pens to be today. It seems that this event
brought the whole house down in more ways
than one makin g Miss Fitzgerald realize the
necessity of bruning the candle at both ends.
(Staff photo by Bobby Dickinson)
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