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Friday, November 4, 1988
Serving Lamar and the community for 65 years
Vol. 65, No. 16
Group plans
future goals
for university
Pies don’t stand a chance
Photo by Keith Watson
Carl Stucker, Lumberton junior, won the homecoming dent Center Arbor. This year marks Stucker’s third
pie-eating contest held Wednesday in the Setzer Stu- consecutive win in the contest.
LU pre-registration begins Nov. 14
By Marlene Auster
IjP managing editor
Pre-registration will be Nov. 14
through 18, Elmer Rode, dean of
records and registrar, said.
“We hope everyone will take ad-
vantage of pre-registration,” Rode
said. “It’s easier on them and us.”
* Rode said students have more
time to look at the schedule and
receive better advisement if they
pre-register.
“We think the student gets a better
deal at being advised. The advisers
have more time to talk with them,”
Rode said.
He said the universit benefits n
several ways. It can look ai winch
classes students are registering for
and add classes if needed.
He said it is hard for the ad-
ministration to add classes during
regular registration because of the
rush to find instructors, find class
space and order more books.
Schedules will be available in the
lobby of the Wimberly Student Ser-
vices Building Monday. Advisement
is scheduled throughout the week.
Students are advised first to check
with their department for advise-
ment times, then be prepared with a
completed schedule.
“Have a second schedule in case
the course is filled,” Rode said.
Next, go to the departments to get
class label Tltfm nay fees in the
Wimberly Building.
Payments m e uuc at noon Nov. 21.
If the payment is riot made, the
schedule will be dropped.
“About 100 will be canceled,”
Rode said. “Many students change
their minds, and many just cannot
afford it.”
He said a special drop-and-add
period is scheduled from 8 to 9 a.m.
Wednesday for people who pre-
registerd.
“This is a real advantage for
students who failed a course and
need to change their schedule,”
Rode said.
Telephone registration is expected
to be in use next April in registration
for summer and fall 1989, Rode said.
The university plans a practice
run of the system in February to
work out unforeseen problems.
“Telephone registration is the
coming thing in registration,” he
said. “We’re very excited about it.”
By Marlene Auster
UP managing editor
The long-range planning commit-
tee recommended involving faculty
in more research to better educate
students.
The group met with students and
faculty Monday and Tuesday to
discuss long-term goals of every
aspect of Lamar University.
The committee meets every two
years to plan for the subsequent six
years. Students were encouraged to
express their views.
“Our goal is to develop a way of
doing business,” Billy Franklin,
Lamar president, said. “We hope
everyone will be thinking in terms of
important items that need
attention.”
The topics of discussion were
broken down into six categories: in-
structional programs, research,
public services, student develop-
ment and services, institutional
leadership, management, and
finance and facilities and equip-
ment.
One of the main goals in instruc-
tional programs is to have a faculty
committed to and recognized for
teaching excellence.
Franklin said Lamar would like to
have 15 faculty recipients of state,
regional or national awards for
teaching excellence.
The group is considering annual
involvement of at least 25 percent of
the faculty in seminars, workshops
and conferences designed to
enhance teaching effectiveness.
“We would like to do many of
these things,” Franklin said.
Another goal is to have a student
population coming from high school
with high qualifications.
To accomplish this goal, the group
has four objectives:
• An average Scholastic Aptitude
Test score of 875 for entering
freshman.
•At least 25 percent of all enter-
ing freshman from the top quarter of
their high school graduating classes.
• At least four National Merit
semi-finalists and finalists enrolled
in fall 1990.
• At least 200 new students who
have demonstrated outstanding
leadership while in high school or
while attending a junior college.
One student at the meeting said
she thinks SAT scores should not be
such an important factor because
they do not necessarily reflect what
a student can accomplish.
“The odds are in your favor they
will do good in school if their SAT
score is high,” Franklin said.
“These objectives we have reflect
certain priorities. The next step is to
select strategies for reaching
them,” Franklin said.
The committee also wants to see
students and faculty more computer
literate.
It hopes to upgrade the computer
facilities to provide versatile state-
of-the-art computer systems while
providing maximal student and
faculty access and minimal down-
time.
In the research category, the main
goal is for Lamar to be recognized as
a research institution.
The group is considering
establishing a strong incentive
system for faculty involvement in
research.
In the next category, public ser-
vice, one of the goals is to improve
the continuing education program.
The group is looking into having
more extensive programs of both
credit and non-credit summer
courses, seminars, conferences and
degrees on a part-time schedule.
In the fourth area, student
development and services, Franklin
said recruitment is being addressed.
“There are many recruitment ef-
forts we pursue,” Franklin said.
“We look at every alternative and
choose the ones we can do better and
faster.”
One recruitment device recom-
mended by a student is to socialize
students to the campus community
so they will feel comfortable with it.
“It’s very effective to have a
friend show you around campus,”
See GOALS, page 5
United Way
Campus contributes $37,000 to drive
By Brad Wills
UP staff writer
* There’s no question about the
Value of the United Way.
* Lamar’s United Way campaign
drive has raised more than $37,000 in
fcontributions since September, Ver-
®ice Monroe, director of social work,
said.
* Although the drive didn’t meet its
intended goal of $38,480, 11 of the 22
designated university divisions
Achieved more than 100 percent of
4heir projected goal, Monroe said.
* “Of course you want 100 percent of
your goals, but we’re happy at
Lamar’s response,” she said.
► The United Way is a single, annual
fundraising drive conducted by
Volunteers in Beaumont and north
Vernice Monroe
Jefferson County that combines
resources to serve 30 member agen-
c.es
Through this coordinated effort
more money goes to the agencies
that need it rather than paying for
expensive drives and assures con-
tributors their money will be
targeted effectively to address com-
munity needs, Monroe said.
Over 3,000 volunteers work for the
United Way in Beaumont and north
Jefferson County, organizing
Lamar’s annual drive, soliciting
contributions and examining agen-
cies and budget services.
The money received from
Lamar’s drive will go to many pro-
grams and agencies throughout the
city, Monroe said, including Boy and
Girl Scouts, Camp Fire, CPR train-
ing at the American Red Cross and
hot meals from Beaumont Nutrition
for the Elderly, Inc.
Tax deductible contributions total-
ed approximately $37,102.79 from
Lamar’s 1989 campaign drive,
Monroe said.
Monroe wanted to extend thanks
to all the faculty and staff who par-
ticipated in the drive.
“The division chairs did a wonder-
ful job and I want to thank them for
their hard work and effort,” she
said.
Monroe extended a special thanks
to Mike Brezina, SGA president, for
his active involvement in the drive.
“The SGA raised 118 percent of its
set goal,” she said.
Though the drive is over at
Lamar, the United Way is still tak-
ing contributions.
Homecoming schedule
Today
Comedy Commando Preview Teaser — 12:15 p.m., SSC Arbor
Pre-Bon Fire Party — 6 p.m., SSC Patio
Torchlight Parade — 7:30 pjn., SSC Patio
Bon Fire — 7:45 p.m., University Boulevard at Cardinal Drive
Coor’s Light Comedy Commando Show — 9 p.m., SSC Ballroom
Saturday
Homecoming Run — Registration, 7:30 a.m., Montagne Center
Start, 8 a.m.
Basketball Scrimmage — 10 a.m., Montagne Center
Student and Alumni Picnic — 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m., Quadrangle
Football Game — 2 p.m., Cardinal Stadium
Coronation of King and Qiieen — Game Halftime
Bush-Dukakis battle
ends Tuesday at polls
From staff and wire reports
The presidential showdown bet-
ween George Bush and Michael
Dukakis will send voters to the
polls Tuesday, ending a bitter bat-
tle for the White House.
Major differences on defense,
labor and social issues, including
capital punishment and abortion,
have punctuated the campaign.
Absentee voting ends today in
Jefferson County where about
20,000 residents have cast ballots,
County Clerk Lolita Ramos said.
Ballots will include judicial
races, a state representative con-
test between incumbent Al Price
and Al Ingram and matches bet-
ween incumbent Norman Troy and
Jimmie Cokinos for county com-
missioner and incumbent Charles
Conn and Nick Saleme for con-
stable.
But attention focuses on Bush
and Dukakis as the countdown to
election day winds down. Here is a
summary of the candidates’ posi-
tions on major issues:
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Defense
Bush and Dukakis detail the
weapons they would buy, but both
have short lists of what to cut from
the $300 billion defense budget.
They disagree sharply on the
controversial Strategic Defense In-
itiative, whose latest Pentagon
price is $69 billion. Dukakis would
pare the program, now costing
about $4 billion a year, to about $1
billion a year. Bush is more en-
thusiastic about SDI, saying he
would develop and deploy the
system if the concept proves feasi-
ble.
Bush would choose later between
the MX missiles on railroad cars
and a mobile one-warhead Midget-
man missi'e, keeping both alive as
bargaining chips during arms
negotiations with the Soviet Union.
Dukakis rejects the $10.4 billion
MX, saying it is too vulnerable to
attack, and the $36 billion Midget-
man, because it costs too much, but
See CANDIDATES, page 5
Vice President Bush speaks in Tucoma, Wash.
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AP LaserPhotos
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Democratic candidate Dukakis at meeting in Independence, Mo.
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