Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 27, 1982 Page: 1 of 4
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It's Wednesday
January 27, 1982
Vol. 58, No. 27
Serving the Lamar community for 58 years
Events set
for annual
program
With a full day of events scheduled around an at-
mosphere of a planned “positive mood,” Lamar’s
first annual Family Day will get underway Saturday,
beginning at 9 a.m.
The first-ever event for Lamar, sponsored by the
Student Government Association, is designed to
allow “families and friends of the university to come
out on this day and see it as we see it,” Lynne
Freeland, SGA president, said.
In an effort to “capture the positive mood on the
campus,” Freeland said of the event, “Lamar is
growing daily toward greater unity and spirit.
“We envision this project as a cooperative effort of
a diverse segment of Lamar groups for the unified
promotion of recruitment and retention, public rela-
tions, support from alumni and community and in-
creased student pride and athletic awareness.”
The Family Day is highlighted by a barbecue,
bookstore browsing, museum tours, family photos,
music and both men’s and women’s basketball.
Beginning with registration at 9 a.m., Family Day
opens with coffee and an overview of the campus on
the Eighth Floor of Gray Library, followed by an
open house for academic departments, scheduled
from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Following the open house will be a Big Red
welcome and rally in McDonald Gym at 11 a.m., then
a barbecue. Tickets for the barbecue are $6 for adults
and $3 for children under 12.
From 1 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., Family Day moves into
an “attend by choice” session. Among the variety of
events scheduled include a jazz concert at 4 p.m. in
the SSC Redbird Perch, with pizza being served a
half-hour earlier.
In addition, wine and cheese will be served from
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the Eighth Floor of Gray
Library, and the dining halls will be open at 4:30
p.m., allowing visitors a chance to eat with the
students.
At 5:15 p.m., the Lamar Lady Cardinals will host
the North Texas State (Denton) Mean Green in
women’s basketball. Admission to the contest is free
as the guest of a Lamar student with a valid ID.
Then the men’s basketball team will face the
McNeese State (Lake Charles, La.) Cowboys in the
Beaumont Civic Center at 7:30 p.m. Family Day
tickets are available at $3 each, and section “U” will
be reserved for Family Day participants. Busses will
leave the university for the game as a convenience to
Family Day participants and will return to the cam-
pus after the game.
Also on Saturday evening, the Lamar Opera com-
pany will enter its third night of performing Verdi’s
“La Traviata” at 8 p.m. in University Theatre.
Taking the lead—James Broussard, Nederland sophomore, and Jeanine Thames, Beaumont junior, are the
lead characters in Guiseppe Vardi’s ‘La Traviata.’ The opera will be presented in th? University Theatre
Thursday. See related story, page 3.
Photo by LISA WILSON
By MARK FRANK
United Press International
ONTARIO, N.Y. (UPI)-Officials
at the Ginna nuclear power plant,
crippled by a radioactive steam leak
that touched off the worst nuclear
scare since the Three-Mile Island ac-
cident, Tuesday, brought the reactor
toward “absolute cold shutdown.”
Eleven hours after a pipe in the
* * cooling system burst Monday, leading
to the release of a small amount of
radioactive gas from the plant less
than 20 miles from populous
Rochester, N.Y., switching the reac-
tor off automatically and forcing
evacuation of 100 employees, the
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp. said
the threat to the public had passed.
The danger rating for the accident,
which flooded the floor of the reactor
containment budding with thousands
* of gallons of radioactive water, was
downgraded from a “site
emergency” to an “alert” shortly
after 8 p.m., when federal, state and
utility officials agreed no further
leaks were likely.
Heat remaining in the reactor at the
12-year-old, 470-megawatt plant was
being reduced by venting pure, un-
contaminated steam into the at-
mosphere, said Frank Orienter, an
RGE spokesman.
He said the temperature of the
primary water system at the time the
reactor shut down was about 600
degrees Fahrenheit and late Monday
night it had dropped to about 350
degrees.
“We expect we will have an ab-
solute cold shutdown by midday to-
day,” Orienter said Tuesday.
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission
spokesman said the plant, which sup-
plies power to 325,000 customers who
will be charged for the $150,000 to
$200,000 cost to replace power lost in
the shutdown, probably will remain
closed for three to four months.
Throughout the night, crews carry-
ing Geiger counters wandered across
snow-covered fields surrounding the
four-story plant to check radiation
levels, but only minute amounts were
detected, even within the plant’s
borders.
The highest radiation level
detected, nearly 500 yards from the
nearest highway, measured three
millirems. Federal guidelines call
1,000 millirems a “threshhold for ac-
tion.”
About 45,000 people live within 10
miles of the plant. Rochester has a
population of 300,000.
The incident began Monday with a
burst pipe on one of two steam
generators, that set off a chain of
events and led to the automatic ven-
ting of radioactive gas into the at-
mosphere to control pressure.
The first radiation leak came at
9:28 a.m. and continued intermittent-
ly over a roughly two-hour period,
although state officials said the total
leakage spanned less than three
minutes.
“I would call it the biggest
emergency since Three-Mile Island in
March 1979, but I don’t think this will
be a blemish on our record,” said
utility spokesman Richard Peck.
Despite the scare, within a few
hours it was clear a repeat of the
Three-Mile Island debacle was not
likely. In that accident, the uranium
fuel core of the nuclear reactor was
damaged and cooling procedures did
not work as planned.
As soon as a pipe carrying
pressurized, radioactive water burst,
the nuclear reactor shut down
automatically and about 11,000
gallons of water were injected into the
core to prevent overheating. That
contaminated water was contained in
the plant and was being handled by
the facility’s purification system.
RGE technicians said they had no
trouble in lowering the Ginna
reactor’s temperature and water
pressure and said emergency pro-
cedures went smoothly.
Although 100 plant employees were
quickly ordered from the area, an
evacuation never became necessary,
and neighbors of the plant on the
shores of Lake Ontario went about
their business in surprisingly casual
fashion.
Emergency broadcasts interrupted
radio and television shows in the On-
tario and Rochester areas to explain
the accident posed no immediate
health danger but to ask residents to
stay tuned should the danger in-
crease.
The accident occurred just four
days after the utility went through a
federally ordered drill at the Ginna
plant to test utility and state
responses in a nuclear emergency.
“The first thing that went through
my mind when I finally realized the
situation was ‘Thank God we had our
drill because this certainly has
prepared us all,’ ” Peck said.
The facility was built by
Westinghouse in 1970.
Two regents
join Board
By RENITA JOHNSON
UP Editor
Leak prompts reactor shutdown
Two new regents, Merlin Breaux
and George Dishman Jr., were in-
augurated and several items were ap-
proved at the Lamar Board of
Regents meeting Friday.
Breaux, a Lamar graduate, is vice
president of industrial relations for
Gulf Oil Corp. and the recipient of the
distinguished alumnus award.
Breaux, who has also headed the
Lamar Excellence Program for
Development, has been a member of
the advisory council for the John E.
Gray Institute.
Dishman, former city councilman
and candidate for mayor, is a
businessman and an independent oil
operator. He is a Lamar graduate.
The small class report,
developmental leaves, and a fee
schedule for the Brown Center were
among items being approved at the
meeting.
The small class report included 30
sections from the colleges of sciences,
technical arts, engineering, liberal
arts, health and behavioral sciences,
nursing, and the Port Arthur branch
campus.
Dr. David Geddes, vice president
for academic affairs, said the report
was reviewed with the respective
deans of the colleges before being
presented to the board for approval.
Four faculty members were
granted developmental leaves for one
semester during the 1982-83 school
year.
Recommended by the Faculty
Senate to the administration, leaves
were approved for Dr. Tom Sanders,
assistant professor of government;
Madelyn Hunt, assistant professor of
biology; Dr. James Walker, associate
professor of psychology; and Marcia
Poole, assistant professor of nursing.
Sanders will accept an appointment
to serve as a legislative assistant to
Sen. Carl Parker without compensa-
tion. The appointment will provide
direct experience with legislative pro-
cesses.
Hunt will conduct a serological
survey for cholera antibodies in the
population of the Golden Triangle and
surrounding areas to assist in
developing a method of assessing the
presence of cholera along the Gulf
Coast and other areas of the nation.
Walker will complete an additional
18-24 hours of formal computer
science courses at another university
or locally, and Poole will pursue a
doctoral degree in epidemiology,
community health practice and
behavorial sciences at the University
of Texas School of Public Health.
“We encourage outside employ-
ment for teachers as long as they re-
main loyal to Lamar. It is important
to stay up with the state of the art,”
Dr. C. Robert Kemble, president,
said.
In reference to the Brown Center,
Breaux recommended that the com-
mittee take a look at commercial
rates so the facility will be able to
maintain itself, and that the commit-
tee come back to the board with a se-
cond schedule.
A general contractor bid for the
Gray Institute and a bid for facility
construction were also among items
approved.
Miner-Dederick Construction Corp.
was selected by the Building and
Grounds Committee as the general,
contractor.
Dr. Philip Johnson, director of the
Gray Institute, said that Miner-
Dederick was chosen because the
company submitted the lowest fee
bid. They have expertise in fast track
contracts and experienced office and
field personnel.
The corporation, he said, will not
charge for all equipment which they
presently own and it has convenience
of warehouse facilities near the pro-
ject site.
Johnson said that the fee is six per-
cent of the finished building price,
and that the price is not yet fixed
because the guaranteed maximum is
not yet known. * *
The bid approved for facility con-
struction includes the expansion to
the communication building, the pur-
chase of a violin for the College of
Fine Arts and proposed additional
parking.
The development and public rela-
tions committee report was also ap-
proved by the regents.
The committee, which is working
toward the standardizing of signs and
symbols for Lamar, has agreed upon
a seal for the university and the of-
ficial Cardinal symbol.
Deadline approaches
for spring graduates
Deadline for prospective May
graduates to apply for graduation is
4:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 26, in 110
Wimberly Student Affairs Building,
Dr. David Geddes, vice president for
academic affairs, said.
Two days—Thursday, Feb. 18, and
Monday, Feb. 22—have been set aside
for prospective graduates to apply at
the information desk of the Wimberly
Building from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m.,
Bernice Harris, graduation adviser,
said.
After applying for graduation, pro-
spective graduates should pay for
their degrees, caps and gowns at the
Lamar Bookstore, located in the
Setzer Student Center, Harris said.
Cost of the degree, cap and gown is
$25, and the cap and gown will be
issued at time of payment.
Graduation ceremonies for all
associate degree graduates are
scheduled for Friday, May 14, at 7
p.m., Geddes said. Associate degree
students graduating from the Beau-
mont campus will receive their
degrees in McDonald Gym, he said,
while those attending LU-Orange will
receive their degrees in the Brown
Center and LU-Port Arthur graduates
will receive degrees in Fuller
Auditorium.
Baccalaureate and masters
degrees will be awarded Saturday,
May 15, beginning at 9 a.m. in
McDonald Gym.
“Attendance of graduating students
is optional, provided the student has
previously requested graduation in
absentia from the registrar of the
university,” Geddes said.
Bean talks about past profession, present endeavors
By JOHN TISDALE
of the UP staff
Former astronaut Alan Bean told
Lamar students Monday that he
would like to cut out his own niche in
art history and “be to the space and
t moon what Remington was to the
West.”
Bean, the fourth man to walk on the
moon, talked about his dreams, his
former profession as an astronaut
and his present endeavors as an ar-
tist.
The holder of 11 world records in
space and astronautics, Bean was
lunar module pilot of Apollo 12 when
he and Capt. Pete Conrad made
man’s second moon landing in the
, Ocean of Storms in November 1969.
I Bean and Conrad explored the
lunar surface, deployed several lunar
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surface experiments and installed the
first nuclear power generator station
on the moon to provide the power
source.
In 1973, Bean was spacecraft com-
mander of Skylab Mission II during a
59-day, 24.4 million mile world record
flight. He logged 1,671 hours in space,
including 10 hours and 26 minutes out-
side the spacecraft on the moon and in
the earth’s orbit.
“If your dream comes true, it can
never be taken away from you,” he
said. “You have no unhappy days if
your dreams come true.”
At 49, he said, he realized what his
next goal was and is now dreaming of
becoming an artist.
He took lessons at the Museum of
Fine Arts at night while working at
the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration in Houston.
“What makes me think I can
become an artist is that it is my
dream, and I can make it come true if
I know how to learn skills and learn
how to think like an artist,” he said.
Bean also said that you have to fully
focus on your dream for it to come
true.
“The secret of the world is that
there is no free lunch, but your suc-
cess depends on how much work you
put in and how much you are willing
to pay,” Bean said.
Being an artist is difficult because
you can work on a drawing that can
become worse than it was before you
started, Bean said.
“Instructors have been hesitant on
how to paint the moon, since they are
not familiar with painting the moon,”
Bean said.
“Most teachers will teach you about
something they have experienced,
like mountains and trees.”
Bean says that he wants his pain-
tings to be looked at as a true
representation of the moon.
To make sure that his drawings are
technically accurate, Bean has talked
with every astronaut who has visited
the moon.
“The drawings are very impres-
sionistic and absolute,” Bean said.
A lot of Bean’s time is spent reading
and thinking instead of painting the
picture because he says that he is
afraid the painting will be worse after
he works on it a second time.
Bean showed and described his first
10 paintings to art students and
described his strong points and his
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weaknesses in painting.
“I paint in acrylics because of the
high technology associated with the
moon, and acrylics are the highest
technology in paints,” Bean said.
Most of Bean’s paintings take a
month to complete, and he would like
to complete at least 10 more before
putting them in a show.
“I tend to work on large canvases,
but it is not good because if you make
mistakes, they are harder to
correct,” Bean joked.
Bean labels each painting with two
names. First, he puts the date on
which the event took place, then the
date on which he painted the picture.
“After I finish a painting, I pick one
or two weaknesses and try to improve
on these weaknesses in the next pain-
ting,” Bean said. i
Inside_
• 'Shock' reported about
Clayton's retirement, page 2
•Verdi opera to open Thurs-
day, page 3
• LU opens Southland Con-
ference with 91-77 victory
over Mavericks, page 4
W eather_
The forecast for today and
Thursday calls for mostly
cloudy skies with highs in the
mid to upper 60s and lows in
the mid 40s.
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