University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 2, 1994 Page: 2 of 6
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University Press
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Wednesday, Nov ember 2,1994
Testing information office
moves to business building
Tonya Andris
UP staff writer
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The testing information ,
office, previously located ih,'
118 Wimberly Students
Services Building, has a new)-'
home. The center now can be..
found in the Career
Development, Placement and
Testing Center, located in 102-
Galloway Business Building: ;
“The center moved,
because the cashier’s office;,,
had to relocate,” , said.
Michelle Bradley, the newly ;
appointed campus test coor-j
dinator.
Bradley said the testing
center, formally part of the
Learning Assistance Center^
moved to its new home in
early October.
Not only did the testing
information center move,
Dorothy Forristall, director
of learning skills, moved to
249 Galloway Building and
the Pedagogy 1201 computer
lab moved to 211 Luca?
Building.
The testing office offers *
assistance to students need-
ing to take any type of test,
from placement tests to
achievement tests. The office
administers all the institu-
tional tests, such as Pre-TASP
and SAT, and conducts,
national SAT and CLEP
tests.
“We are the testing center
for LSAT/LSDAS, GRE,
GMAT,
and the state
TASP”«te«t,” Bradley said.
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-we are not giving
t£$t§3vp; give information on
JjQv^dgggister for tests, what
,te|f$'t6!f^e and when to take
the'T&fsl’L
. Bradley said Lamar is the
only r&aueational institution
m-the Southeast Texas region
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’to” administer the Miller
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AijalogieS'Test, a test given to
ji'tfrjsin'g^ .Students who are
.''pTaShiii^to attend graduate
.school., .
There is no fee for the ser-
vice to students. Bradley said
that the-center also adminis-
ters ■ correspondence tests
from'other colleges. Students
are required to pay a $20 fee
to take the test.
Bradley said she urges stu-
.dents to fise the testing center
for their testing questions
and needs.
• ttAU - kinds of students
come through the center;
from entering freshmen to
'graduate*”students. We have
iiiforiftation on all the major
tests. If we don’t administer
the test you need, we will be
glad to get it for you,”
Bradley said.
If students need registra-
tion booklets or test informa-
tion, the center has them in
the.PlaCement Center.
For more information on
the office, contact Bradley at
880-8444.
Actress Place to visit LUPA Nov. 12-13
Motion picture and television actress Mary
Kay Place will make an appearance Nov. 12
and 13 at Lamar University-Port Arthur to
help support the Museum of the Gulf Coast
and the campus scholarship fund.
Bom in Tulsa, Okla., Place first received
wide recognition for her performance in the
hit television series, “Mary Hartman, Mary
Hartman,” winning an Emmy Award for her
portrayal of Loretta Haggers, an aspiring
country singer.
The popularity of the Haggers character
led to a hit record, “Baby Boy,” and a
Grammy Awards nomination for her album,
“Tonite! At the Capri Lounge, Loretta
Haggers.” She also was nominated for a
Billboard Country Music Award for New
Female Artist of the Year and an ASCAP
Award of Merit for “Baby Boy.”
She’s appeared in 13 feature films, includ-
ing “The Big Chill” and “Private Benjamin.”
She received a cable ACE nomination for
Best Actress in a Comedy for her work in a
seven-part Cinemax special, “The History of
White People in America,” and has appeared
in cable films, such as TNT’s “Crazy from the
Heart,” and the soon-to-be-aired Showtime
films, “Leslie’s Folly” with Ann Archer and
Kathleen Turner and “The Gift,” an ensem-
ble piece with Mary Steenburgen, Diane
Ladd, Isabella Rossellini and Bonnie Bedelia.1
On network television she has appeared in a,
such classic TV shows as “M*A*S*H,” “All in ^
the Family,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”
and “Thirtysomething.” *
In addition, Place has starred in a number „
of television movies, co-written scripts for
television and film and is currently directing
television projects. *
Place will discuss her motion picture and (
television career and show clips and out-
takes. She will appear in the campus theater^
at 8 p.m. on Nov. 12 and 2 p.m. on Nov. 13. '
For more information, call LUPA at (409) *
984-6100
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Continued from page 1
through piece of legislation,” he said. “For the
first time, hard-nose prosecution and punish-
ment will be enforced along with forward-
looking prevention programs.”
Ron Foster, commander of the Southeast
Texas Narcotics and Intelligence Task Force,
spoke as an interested citizen.
“I don’t think our rural areas are qny dif-
ferent from any area in the United States,” he
said. “We have to work hard to save the rural
areas.”
Foster said the crime bill was going to allow
more drug dealers on the streets. They no
longer can put a dealer in prison with posses-
sion of one rock of crack cocaine.
Dealers now have to be in possession of a
gram of crack cocaine, which is about five
rocks of the illegal drug.
“The dealers will sell the stuff one rock at a
time,” he said. “They, also, will be put on pro-
bation three or four times before they go to
prison.”
The process will cost more money, Foster
said, because an undercover policeman will
have to buy a gram of crack cocaine, which
costs about $100, rather than one rock, which
costs about $20.
“We arrested a drug dealer a little while
back who had three rocks of crack cocaine,”
he said. “We seized his car, the $800 he had on
him and put him in jail. The plea bargain
would have been, we keep the car, the $800
and give him 10 years probation. Now the plea
bargain will be, the dealer can keep the car,
the $800 and the case will be dismissed.”
Foster said his area has benefitted from the
education that has been provided for the chil-
dren; however, the dealers are fighting as hard
as the task force.
“We try to stay very close with our youth,”
he said. “We talk to them one to one, and
we’ve been successful in keeping the drug and
gang problems down to almost nothing — but
it is an uphill battle.”
One of the biggest problems the task force
faces, he said, is trying to find rehabilitation
for drug users. The closest rehabilitation cen-
ter is in Lufkin and there is a two-week wait-
ing list. One boy with a severe drug addiction
from Woodville went to Foster for help. He
had to wait two weeks for that help and
moved to Houston during that time. Foster
said the boy is now a gang member in
Houston.
Opryland Productions to hold auditions Nov. 9 in Houston *
Opryland Productions Group will
hold auditions for singers, actors and
dancers in Houston from 1 p.m until 4
pm on Nov. 9, as it searches out the
country’s top talent for the Fiesta Texas
theme park in San Antonio and the
Opryland theme park in Nashville,
Term. The audition will take place in
Ballroom B of the Hobby Airport
Hilton, located at 8181 Airport Blvd.,
Houston.
The Opryland Productions Group
is looking for a wide variety of enter-
tainers, including singers, dancers,
actors, variety artists and strolling per-
formers, bands, conductors and musi-
cians for a diverse lineup of shows.
Also, technical support jobs are avail-
able for stage managers, audio/lighting
engineers, dressers and related posi-
tions.
For more information on the
Opryland Productions Group audi-
tions schedule, call 1-800-94-STAGE.
Friday in the University Press ...
Film reviewer Seames O’GradyThviews the latest version of the Frankenstein saga, “Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein,” which opens locally this weekend.
BUSIJffiSS MAJORS
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YOU MUST BE ADVISED
BETWEEN
NOVEMBER-1 AND DECEMBER 2
REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN
NOVEMBER 14 FOR SPRING CLASSES
Donation
STUDENTS IN NIGHT CLASSES ONLY
YOU MUST BE ADVISED
NOVEMBER 7-8 OR 16-17
4:30P.M. -7:30 P.M.
*
If you have not beeh advised, you may register ONLY AFTER December 5
and only after you receive your PIN number from your department office.
Continued from page 1
state Rep. Mark Stiles, D-Beaumont, following
conversations with McFarlin.
Lamar hired Brad Barnett, instructor of com-
munication, this semester to oversee the video
production lab.
He said the donation would be a benefit to the
department and the- university.
“Through this donation, Lamar is receiving
some quality equipment. The $135,000 value
assigned to the equipment is a depreciated
amount. If this equipment were to be purchased
new, it would cost probably more than $300,000,”
he said.
He added, “Some items such as BetaCam cam-
eras are top-of-the-line equipment (by) industry
standards today and will allow our students to
receive hands-on instruction on equipment sought'-
out by employers.” T
Simmons said, “As we strengthen our commu-
nication media program at Lamar, this timely
donation will place us in a position to support the/
training and education majors and to aid the entire*
university with enhanced video production capa-^
bilities.”
Southwestern Bell is donating the equipment tof
LU-B following the closing of its Dallas and St3
Louis production facilities earlier this year.
The equipment has been used previously in the
production of employee information and training
programs. *
Offices-
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ing the gameroom into a student
organization complex to accom-
modate approximately 30 student
organizations.
“We’ll take these ideas to the
governing board meeting; and if
they endorse it, we’ll go forward
with the plans,” he said.
Alpha Phi Omega was one of
the first organizations to submit a
letter to McCauley.
“Since we’re a service organiza-
tion, we need a central location for
people to reach us,” said Mark
Williams, Alpha Phi Omega presi-
dent.
Student Government
Association President Russell
Rach said the SGA is also search-
ing for office space because the
current SGA office is too small to
conduct business. The SGA is
seeking more space in the SSC for
committee chairpersons and the
Student Supreme Court, and it is
asking the deans of various col-
leges to give space to college sena-
tors.
The Black Student Association
was granted temporary space in
the Alumni Association Building
at the end of September, but is still
seeking space in the SSC.
However, BSA President John ,
Henry said it would not be in the
BSA’s best interest to move to the
SSC this late in the semester. He <
said it would be better to move /
next semester.
“Any student organization can
get what they want on this campus 1
if they organize and get their }
thoughts together,” Henry said.
“We worked for this office space;
it didn’t just come to us.”
The SSC Governing Board <
plans to meet in a couple of weeks ,
to decide the issue.
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Monday Night Football
Table-Top Football Tournament
7 p.m.
Dallas CovOboys Os. NevO l/ork Giants
Mirabeau’s
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Thursday, Nov. 3
Hamburgers by Dean Rode
(FrefcTto people wearing Red & White)
Entertainment by
Blakey St. John
Lamar /Hive!
Programming Planning Meeting
12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m
Friday, Nov. 11
Setzer Student Center Reading Room
Meeting open to all interested students;
staff and Faculty
Karaoke Night
Every Tuesday
8 to 10 p.m.
Mirabeau’s
Catch
Blakey St. John
Thursday, Nov.3
11:30 a.m. -12:45 p.m.
in the Quad
and 9 p.m.
in Mirabeau’s
Both performances are
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