The University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1975 Page: 3 of 12
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Letters to the editor, cont.
Booze tragedy hits home
Dear Editor:
Well, it seems that a lot of
people think booze and drugs
are where it’s at. Booze has
been socially acceptable,
especially, in the last few
years. This isn’t intended to
make a boozer give it up, but
to make him think of others if
that’s possible.
Last weekend in my
hometown there was a
livestock show which is a big
event in that town of 10,000
people. Everybody there
brought all the booze they
could possibly drink and then
some. As the day wore on into
night, the older people started
giving it out to anyone who
asked, such as one 15-year-old
boy named Pete. One guy in
his 20’s gave him a bottle of
whiskey, and watched him
drink it down./He offered Pete
another bottle and urged him
on to drink it. Now this young
guy probably had some idea
how young Pete was. Pete was
one of those small brotherly
types, but the older crowd
around him dared him on.
When he was finished, he
stumbled out into the parking
lot apparently to sleep in
someone’s car.
I had decided to come home
for the weekend, and it was
really dark by the time I got to
town. On my way I passed the
livestock grounds and con-
tinued toward town. I topped a
hill and saw several police
cars and an ambulance.
Several people were placing a
sheet over a mangled lump. I
looked around for a cycle or a
wrecked car, but there was
none. The dead person was
Pete, and he could be iden-
tified only by his belt buckle.
His boots were in the next
lane, with his feet still in them.
A witness said Pete was
crossing the highway and said
he passed .at. Fir_ t ue was hit
by a diesel rig then three cars
before anyone even stopped.
That night my feelings mad-
dened about booze. If I ever
see any older person giving
booze to some kid, I’ll feel I
owe them a trip to the
hospital. You see, I used to
have a little brother named
Pete.
John Brights
Letters to the editor are welcomed by the University
Press staff. Such letters must be signed, under 250
words (letters over this amount will be edited to con- ■
form to limit), and submitted to the University Press
before 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Offices are located in the
Setzer Student Center.
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Recognition
program set
for BA students
A new recognition program ror
business administration students is to
begin next fall, according to Mrs. Ann
Jones, assistant professor of business
administration.
Called “Honor Students in Business
Administration,” the program is in-
tended not only to recognize students
during their time at Lamar, but also to
aid them in finding jobs later in life.
Eligible students will have completed
30 or more hours of business courses (at
least 12 hours at Lamar), and maintain
a three-point grade average overall and
a 3.25 average on business courses.
Prospective employers will be
nivited to a spring reception to meet
the honorees where awards will be
given. Members will be able to enter a
private study program with a
professor.
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of the assignemtn. The entire UNIVER- tinued to watch me. All I could think
SITY PRESS staff warned me not to about was finishing the pictures so I
faint when I got to the blood bank. Sure could get away from there. But, the
enough, that s exactly what happened. most embarrassing moment was yet to
I arrived at the blood bank with the come. Before I could leave, the young
photographer, Rondah, about 9 a.m. to donor I was watching when I fainted
talk with the director, Ray St. Peter, came over and asked me if I was okay. I
and to take some pictures of people had to admit that I was fine and His
donating. St. Peters^ tour of the parting comment was, “I’m glad you’re
facilities and explanation was quite aH right, I was beginning to think that I
complete. When he was finished had made you faint.”
a talking, St. Peter s assistant helped to I was more embarrassed than ever.
J se* UP some pictures of regular donors. Can you imagine what it’s like to faint
Jr It was during these pictures that I at the blood bank when you didn’t even
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give blood? Even worse, the entire
newspaper staff was sure to learn that I
had done exactly what I had been told
not to. The only consolation was that
Rondah hadn’t gotten a picture of me so
gracefully spread out on the floor.
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A file will be kept for future reference
by prospective employers.
In addition to Mrs. Jones, the
following persons were responsible for
the development of the program: Dr. C.
D. Kirksey, head of the department of
business administration, Dr. Richard
T. Cherry, professor (regent’s
professor), Dr. Donald E. Willaims,
associate professor, and Dr. Larry W.
Spradely, assistant professor, and all of
the business administration depart-
ment.
(“VIEWPOINT” is a column where
staff members other than the editor
may express individual opinions on
specific topics. Those thoughts! ex-
pressed are not necessarily of the entire
staff and/or the university ad-
ministration.)
Monday, the state house of represen-
tatives passed a bill which would raise
the tuition of foreign students to the
level of out-of-state students . The
rationale behind the bill is that
American citizens should not have to
pay more for their education than
citizens of another country.
I agree with this line of thinking;
however, I believe that someone has
been misled in what the solution should
be. It would be better is out-of-state
tuition (now $40 per semester hour)
should be lowered to the foreign tuition
rate ($14 per semester hour).
★ viewpoint ^
For many students, whether foreign
or otherwise, $40 per semester hour is a
steep price to pay. If, financially,
colleges cannot afford to lower out-of-
state rates to $14 , perhaps a happy
medium could be reached. Foreign
tuition rates could be .raised some and
out-of -state rates lowered.
However, I feel that raising foreign
tuition rates would discourage many
foreign students from attending Texas
colleges and universities. I would hate
to see that happen.
Cindy Williams
Lamar students have received
another slap in the face from Gov.
Dolph Briscoe.
Briscoe’s appointment of Tolbert
Crowder to fill the vacancy on the
Lamar Board of Regents is nothing but •
an act of callous neglect of the rights of
students to be represented on the board.
The Lamar student body has a right
to be represented by a voting member
on a board which makes decisions
which affect them daily.
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Briscoe has promised to appoint
student regents but when the op-
portunity arrives he instead appoints a
58 year old supervisor for Gulf Oil Corp.
who conveniently served as south Jef-
ferson County coordinator for his last
two gubernatorial campaigns.
State Sen. D. Roy Harrington had
threatened to use his senatorial
privilege and veto the appointment of
Mrs. Smythe Shepherd, Briscoe’s first
choice, in the senate.
Sen. Harrington said that he felt Pt.
Arthur should be represented on the
board. This is an institution which
should not be run for the best interest of
Dt. Arthur, Beaumont, Orange or any
other local community.
The primary concern should be the
advancement of education for students,
not the advancement of political allies.
It is well past time for the ap-
pointment of a student regent. So,
where is he?
Doug Ripley
Where are you
Vanessa Potter?
Where is Vanessa Potter?
This question has been raised more
than once during the past year by mem-
bers of the Setzer Student Center Coun-
cil. According to David T. Busch, SSC
president, and program’s office staff
members, Ms. Potter has not
adequately fulfilled her duty as
secretary for the SSCC during the past
year.
Ms. Potter openly sought the office of
secretary last spring, thereby
obligating herself to perform the duties
of the office. If for any reason she felt
herself unable, or unwilling to do so,
then she should have resigned or have
been constitutionally removed from of-
fice.
Hopefully, the newly elected school
officers will not take their positions as
lightly as has Ms. Potter, as evidenced
by the inability of SSCC members to
contact her on several occasions.
Diane Richie
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Cucancic, Gail. The University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1975, newspaper, April 25, 1975; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499823/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.