Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1982 Page: 4 of 6
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UNIVERSITY PRESS November 5,1982-4
First science fiction convention
FreebieCon sets premiere in ballroom
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By ADRIAN PRETZ
UP staff writer
FreebieCon ’82, Lamar University’s first science
fiction convention, will debut Nov. 13 in the Setzer
Student Center Ballroom.
The event, the first of its kind in the Southeast
Texas area, will feature science fiction movies, two
guest speakers, a costume contest, role-playing
games, trivia contests and sales of science fiction-
related merchandise.
Sponsored by the Lamar Science Fiction Fan
Club, FreebieCon '82 is open to sci-fi fans of all ages.
Brent Snyder, club president and chief
FreebieCon organizer, said he hopes not only to at-
tract a good crowd from the Lamar community, but
from sci-fi fans all over the Golden Triangle.
“With all the popularity over recent science fic-
tion films, I hope we can get a lot of people to come
out,” Snyder said. “A lot of the box-office successes
have been science fiction lately. ‘Star Wars,’ ‘E.T.,’
and ‘Star Trek’ have set new records at the box of-
fice. Science fiction is starting to really catch on in
popularity.”
FreebieCon ’82 will have two guest speakers, Dr.
Lane Roth, associate professor of communications,
who will speak on science fiction films and their
popularity and impact upon society, and Keith
Cockrell, adjunct instructor of communications,
who will speak on science fiction fantasy in print
and on stage. Cockrell will offer tips to prospective
sci-fi writers on publishing their works.
The convention will show four movies, Snyder
said. “Right now, it looks like we’ll have ‘The
Thing,’ George Powell’s ‘War of the Worlds,’ ‘Goldf-
inger,’ and ‘Time Bandits.’ ’’
More may be in store for FreebieCon conven-
tioneers, Snyder said. “We hope to have a few big
surprises,” he said, but did not reveal what sur-
prises would be in store.
A trivia contest from the "Star Trek” television
series will challenge the knowledge of local Trek-
kies, Snyder said. Entitled "The Strangest Star
Trek Trivia Quiz Ever,” taken from the series and
the two Star Trek films, “Star Trek: The Motion
Picture” and “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,”
the contest should baffle even the most dedicated
Star Trek follower, Snyder said.
"An example of our trivia questions might be
‘How much money did Star Fleet invest in Mr.
Spock?’ ” Snyder said. “It won’t be easy, but it will
be quite interesting.”
FreebieCon will take place in the SSC Ballroom,
with dealers’ rooms located in the ballroom’s
perameter rooms and in the SSC Reading Room on
the second floor.
"Our dealers'rooms will have almost a dozen local
dealers,” Snyder said. “Science fiction books,
magazines, comic books, posters, as well as records
and original artwork wil be on sale.” Anyone in-
terested in selling merchandise should contact
Snyder at 290 Garland St. in Beaumont. Dealer’s
rates are $5.
“Upstairs in the Reading Room, we’ll sponsor
role-playing games, such as 'Dungeons and
Dragons,’ ” Snyder said. “Those role-playing
games are very popular on college campuses and I
know of several players in this area.”
Snyder said he has been working on organizing
FreebieCon since last spring. “I had the idea two
years ago, but I didn’t act on it until sometime last
spring, asking around to see what kind of interest in
science fiction there was on campus,” he said.
Admission to FreebieCon is free. Snyder said that
this fact alone distinguishes the local convention
from any others held in Texas. Houston, as well as
other major cities across the country, have been
sites for Star Trek and science fiction conventions,
but those events usually charge admission.
Houston was the site of one sci-fi gathering in
June of this year with “The Ultimate Fantasy,”
starring several members of the Star Trek cast.
“This con is different from others because it’s
free, and open to all age groups. It has a one-day for-
mat, so the programs are more interesting, and not
dragged out just to fill up empty time space in the
program,” Snyder said.
“Programming for FreebieCon ’82 is limited to
the basics,” he said. "It’s a start for us, and we
might be limited in what we can offer to the people,
but at least they don’t have to drive all the way to
Houston to get involved with a science fiction con-
vention.”
Publicity for the event is starting to blossom, said
Snyder. “KVLU-FM and Metro Beaumont, the
Chamber of Commerce’s magazine, have done
features on us,” he said.
“We’re hoping to get together with some of the
area newspapers and television stations,” he said.
“The only other publicity we’ve gotten was from our
flyers around campus. Richard Thurber (Winnie
senior) did them, and they’re a very professional
job. We’ve gotten a lot of response from them.”
Snyder said he appreciates the support he has
received from LU students, faculty and staff. “I’ve
gotten lots of support from LU. I'm impressed and
encouraged by the support I’ve received from the
faculty, students and staff. They’ve really gone out
of their way to help.
“Because of that, I’m confident that FreebieCon
will be a success.” Snyder also said that if
FreebieCon '82 is successful, the Science Fiction
Fan Club will host another convention during the
spring semester.
“I think that with the college community, there
are lots of sci-fi readers and role-players,” he said.
"From the success of all the movies like ‘E.T.’ and
‘Star Trek’ and ‘Star Wars,’ I know a lot of students
are interested in films.
“Our programming is geared to all age groups
and all areas of interest in science fiction, so there’s
something for everyone,” he said.
To emphasize how popular science fiction conven-
tions have become, Snyder said that the first Star
Trek convention held in New York City in 1976 was
set up for 200 people, and over 5,000 turned out.
“Star Trek cons are all over the country, and at-
tract thousands. It’s really amazing how broad their
popularity has become.”
Computer to aid
education course
By JAN COUVILLON
UP staff writer
You are wasting fuel when you bum mid-
night oil cramming for a major test and
realize that there is no way you can stuff
the necessary information into the space
atop your eyebrows.
Meet YALAG. YALAG won’t shake
hands with you but she (or he, whichever
you prefer) will talk to you. Well, maybe
talk is a little overstated. She blips green
letters on a screen after you punch in the
appropriate “Hello.”
Dorothy Forristall, director of learning
skills, and husband Dr. William F. Brown
of Southwest Texas State University, San
Marcos, combined their talents and
reconstructed the Education 1201 course
from a human-assisted course to a
human/computer-assisted course.
"Computer Assisted Study Skills Im-
provement Program” (CASSlP) was
designed to help students develop efficient
study skills and effective academic at-
titudes and thus increase their potential
for scholastic success in college,” For-
ristall said.
YALAG is the name given the computer
that assists students in pinning down their
problem areas. Forristall said this pro-
gram is the first one of its kind in the na-
tion and she is happy to have had a hand in
developing a program of this caliber for
Lamar.
While it was feasible to plan a program
of assistance that would have been entirely
computerized, Forristall said she felt that
the human factor is a valuable asset that
should not be deleted.
The program consists of a study skills
notebook and 10 individual study skills
modules. Among the topics covered are
time management, textbook reading, ex-
am taking and oral report presentation.
Students are given a pre-test which is
self-paced, and each module has a
10-question test in which the student must
answer at least seven correctly before ad-
vancing to the next module.
The course is designed to be readable for
college-aspiring junior and senior high
school students as well as college students.
The Setzer Student Council
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