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University Press
Wednesday; February 17, 1993
UP Briefs
Racquetballers wanted for competition
Raquetballers are wanted for the Regional Intercollegiate
Racquetball Tournament Feb. 26-27 in Oklahoma City.
Six male singles players, six female singles players, three male dou-
bles teams, and three female doubles teams are needed to represent
Lamar. The tournament will be hosted by Oklahoma University.
For more information, contact recreational sports at 880-8331.
Open forum planned on library fee
An open forum on the proposed library fee is planned for Wednesday
in the Setzer Student Center Ballroom at 12:30 p.m. The forum will
inform students of the proposed library fee and will also solicit student
input prior to the planned student referendum.
Applications sought for associateships
The National Research Council announces the 1993 Resident,
Cooperative, and Postdoctoral Research Associateship Programs to be
conducted on behalf of 30 federal agencies or research institutions
whose 115 participating research laboratories are located throughout the
United States.
Information on specific research opportunities and participating fed-
eral laboratories, as well as application materials, may be obtained from
the Associateship Programs (GR430/D1), National Research Council,
2101 Constitution Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418, FAX (202) 334-
2759.
Minority scholarships offered
Applications for the third annual American Institute for Foreign
Study College Division Minority Scholarship for fall 1993 are currently
being accepted. The scholarship is being offered in an effort to help
increase the participation of ethnic minority college students in study
abroad programs.
The scholarship, which is applicable on fall 1993 semester AIFS pro-
grams in Austria, Britain, France, Italy, Mexico and Spain, includes
tuition, room and board and round-trip air fare.
Deadline for receipt of all applications is April 15. Application forms
and further information may be obtained by writing Minority
Scholarhsip, American Insititute for Foreign Study, College Division,
102 Greenwhich Ave., Greenwhich, Conn. 06830 or by calling (800)
727-2437.
Omega Theta Alpha to meet
Omega Theta Alpha support group for older-than-average students
is scheduling meetings every Friday during the spring semester from
12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. in 108 Setzer Student Center.
Members and non-members are invited.
Financial aid workshops planned
The financial aid and student support services departments are
sponsoring several financial aid workshops during February. The
workshops are designed to assist students with filling out the FAF
and FAFSA forms accurately and completely. There are changes on
the forms this year that require students to fill out not only the
FAF/FAFSA forms but also the Lamar University financial aid
application in order to apply for federal, state and institutional finan-
cial aid programs offered during summer 1993, fall 1993 and spring
1994 terms.
The workshops are designed to serve as many students as possible
before the April 1 priority deadline. All interested individuals are
invited to attend one of these sessions.
The final workshop is scheduled for Tuesday at 11 a.m. in 210
Setzer Student Center.
Health Center announces new hours
The Student Health Center has announced new hours for the
spring semester. They are from 7:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday.
The center offers medical and psychological services to Lamar
University students who hold a validated student ID. Other services
at the center include a pharmacy and education and counseling ser-
vices. No appointment is necessary to see the doctor.
Call 880-8466 for more information.
Speech, language screenings set
The Lamar Speech and Hearing Clinic has selected Feb. 26 for
speech and language screening for interested students. The screening
will determine the need for a comprehensive evaluation and/or direct
speech therapy.
Each semester the Speech and Hearing Clinic provides speech and
language therapy services to the Beaumont community as well as LU
students. Indviduals interested in reducing stuttering, improving their
voice quality, or learning to articulate or pronounce specific sounds
clearly should call the clinic at 880-8170. Appointments are required
for the Feb. 26 screenings and space is limited.
NAACP
Police brutality, schools at issue
By Tarita Felix
UP staff writer
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The Beaumont chapter of the
NAACP has for 74 years played a
strong leadership role in the African-
American community to correct
injustices resulting from racism by
issuing a call for dedicated communi-
ty support.
This chapter was granted its first
charter on July 23, 1918, after several
leading African-American citizens
corresponded with the national head-
quarters in New York to seek litera-
ture and application forms. Dr. C.B.
Charlton, a Beaumont dentist, who
was the first to pursue this informa-
tion, became the first president of
the chapter.
By January of the following year,
the membership had grown from 45
to 300, but in 1920 it declined
because of public resentment of the
organization. Many would-be mem-
bers were simply afraid to join for
fear they would suffer racial back-
lash.
However, the fire that kindled
the desire to form a charter still
existed and a second charter was
obtained on Oct. 9,1930.
The Beaumont NAACP is best
known for the court cases involving
the desegregation of public schools
and public facilities. In 1955 attor-
neys for the NAACP won a court suit
to end segregation of city parks and,
about the same time, the battle to
desegregate Lamar College and both
the Beaumont and Hampshire-
Fannett Independent School
Districts.
Like its national parent organiza-
tion, which was formed in 1910 when
the Niagara Movement and the
National Negro Commission merged
to form a new biracial organization,
the Beaumont chapter has attacked
violence aimed at African-Americans
and tried to enforce the political
rights that were lost in the South.
Although the 13th, 14th and 15th
Sammy Bean
Amendments gave people of African
descent freedom from slavery and
full and equal citizenship and
assured them the right to vote,
racism still persists.
The Beaumont NAACP is now
involved in the case of five young
African-American men who claimed
to have been beaten by city police
officers. Sammy Bean, president of
the Beaumont chapter, says that the
number of police brutality charges is
on the rise in Jefferson County and
area counties.
Bean, who has been president of
the chapter for four years, says that
the NAACP office receives any-
where from 90 to 110 calls within
the workweek. Clients are from all
races and their problems are varied
concerning injustices to their human
and civil rights.
The Beaumont chapter has a
membership roster of 13,000 names.
Membership dues are $25 annually,
up to $500 for a lifetime member-
ship. Members are treated monthly
to an issue of Crisis magazine, which
updates readers on current national
news concerning NAACP activities.
The main issue of the chapter is
the frequent problem of police bru-
tality. Another concern is the redis-
tricting of the Beaumont
Independent Schools. A plan has
been set forth to go to a neighbor-
hood concept for kindergarten
through grade six.
“The neighborhood concept
could work, but only if the schools in
predominantly minority neighbor-
hoods have equal materials and facil-
ities compared to those schools in
predominantly white neighbor-
hoods,” Bean said.
The NAACP and the BISD
school board are presently debating
this issue.
In order to profile area black busi-
nesses, the NAACP is working on a
project that would bring “Black
Pages, USA” to Beaumont. It is a
directory of black businesses. The
directory already has been initiated
by several cities nationwide.
Bean says that support for the
project “looks pretty good” and the
directory should be in use soon.
Bean said community involve-
ment is still the main source of sup-
, port for the NAACP.
“The purpose of the NAACP,”
Bean said, “is continuously to serve
in the character of breaking the barri-
ers of injustice through housing,
employment and education.”
“Otherwise, we would not need
the organization.”
Gladys City
attendance
up 19 percent
in 1992
Attendance figures for 1992 at
the Spindletop/GIadys City
Boomtown Museum show an
increase of 19 percent over the pre-
vious year.
In all, 16,950 visitors went to the
museum complex in 1992, said
Christy Marino, curator. The previ-
ous year’s total was 14,245.
Marino cites the Gladys City
Company Centennial Celebration
held in September 1991 as one of
the reasons for the increased inter-
est.
“A lot of publicity was generated
over the centennial event and the
turnout was high,” she said.
Continued events should push
the attendance figures up for 1993
also, she said.
Upcoming programs at the
museum are “The Art of
Blacksmithing” on March 6 from 2
p.m. to 3 p.m. and “Children’s
Turn-of-the-Century Games” on
April 3 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Both programs are featured as
part of Gladys City’s Saturday
Programs for Children. Admission is
free.
For more information call 835-
0823.
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For more information on ail SSCC events call 880-8734
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The Setzer Student Center Council
Presents
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Thursday. Feb. 25
Setzer Student Center Ballroom
Reception 7 p.m.
Lecture 7:30 p.m.
LU Students free w/valid ID
Non student $1.00
A signer will be present
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CONTACT: MORE INFO. CALL 880- 8734
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