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University Pre«»
Friday, March 5, 1993
UP Briefs
Center to sponsor first annual rodeo
Hope and Development Center Ind. will host its first annual Willie
Ray “Coach” Smith Ethnic Cowboys and Cowgirls Rodeo. The event
will take place at the Beaumont Fair Park Coliseum on July 10 at 4
p.m.
The event, dedicated to the memory of Willie Ray “Coach” Smith,
will serve as a fund raiser for the planned purchase of a campsite to be
in his name.
For more information contact Leo Flood Jr. at 5490 Greenbriar
Lane, Beaumont 77706, or call 892-5001.
Sigma Gamma Rho to hold show
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority will hold its second annual spring fash-
ion show on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Setzer Student Center
Ballroom.
Admission will be $2 per person. All students are invited to attend
die event
For more information contact Kimberly Walton at 880-8365 or
832-0409.
SGA to hold spring elections
The Student Government Association will be holding its spring elec-
tions March 31-April 1. Positions open for election are student body
president SSCC president, SSCC governor, SGA senators at-large,
college senators and SSCC members at-large.
Interested students need to stop by the SGA office at 211 SSC before
12:30 p.m. on March 12. / -• '
Lamar students may work at the polls dyhn£ the elections. The pay
rate will be $4.25 per hour. Students may pick up an application at the
SGA office.
* For more information contact Robbie Gussman at 880-8891.
Gun Control topic for LU Forum
The Lamar Univerity Forum will be holding a meeting Tuesday at
6:30 p.m. in 206 Setzer Center.
Topics discussed will be guns, the National Rifle Association and the
controversy surrounding these issues.
For more information contact Russell Rach at 839-8613.
Training program seminar planned
The Lamar University-Beaumont Human Resources Department
will give a seminar titled ^‘Midlife — Crisis or Commencement?” on
Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in 101 Galloway Business Building,
Landes Auditorium. The program is a part of an ongoing series called
Training Opportunities Program.
The two main topics addressed will be typical feelings and behaviors
during midlife and a discussion of seven solutions to move die partici-
pants toward growth and energy.
For more information contact Rena Johnson, Human Resources
officer, at 880-8375.
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Omega Theta Alpha to meet
Omega Theta Alpha will be meeting to select officers for the fall
semester on March 12 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. in 108 Setzer
Center.
OTA is a support group for older college students. It meets each
Friday in room 108. New members are always welcomed.
> - For more information contact Gerry Juhon at 880-8878.
Delta Sigma Pi Announces Members
Delta Sigma Pi International Professional Business Fraternity wel-
comes its new members. New members are Attim Brown, Jason
Champaigne, Colleen Compton, Chris Fontenot, Troy Marshal, Dale
Perkins, Melissa Riley, Freda Johnson, Tracie Teague, John Saunders
and Michael Teague.
For more information contact Chris Henderson at 880-7076.
DaadHnkM for submitting announcements for LU Briefs is noon of the
day one week prior to publication. Announcements are run as space
allows — no exceptions. Press release forms are available for organi-
zation reporters in the University Press offke, 200 Setzer Center.
Information may also be mailed directly to the University Press,
Lamar University, P.O. Box 10055, Beaumont, Texas 77710.
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Campus reactions
Leaders offer opinions on LU audit
By Haejin Elizabeth Koh
UP staff writer
Kathleen Murray, president of
the Lamar-Beaumont Faculty
Senate, Alan Coleman, an LU
alumnus and member of the Alumni
board of directors,' and Rob
Whitmarsh, president of the Student
Government Association, responded
to the state audit of Lamar
University released Wednesday.
“I am pleased to see in the audit
that graduates and academics were
coming out in a positive light... the
auditors recognized that,” Murray
said.
“I think it confirms concerns the
faculty has had over the past few
years. It was very obvious that some-
thing bad, bad was going on. There
were serious problems at all levels
from administration to faculty.”
By Bruce Terry
UP staff writer
Retired taxpayer John Morgan
raised questions about what he con-
sidered to be the political and finan-
cial problems of Lamar administra-
tion and regents Wednesday after-
noon at a conference on Lamar’s
state audit. The conference was held
by Sen. Carl Parker and Rep. Mark
Stiles at the Jefferson County
Airport
Morgan said he does not have “an
axe to grind with Lamar,” but he
Stiles--
continued from poga 1
made by former presidents and gen-
erally poor governance by regents
and administrators.
Both officials pointed out that
while the report did not find any ille-
gal improprieties, many of the find-
ings pointed to “unlawful borrow-
ing” on the part of administrators.
“There are some things in here
that are intolerable and we in the
Legislature are not going to,toler-
ate,” Parker said, pointing to the stu-
dent activities budget.
“The student activities budget,
the student fees, have not been seg-
regated from the time that they are
collected until the time that they are
spent. It (the audit) doesn’t say that
they were misspent, it says we can-
not tell and that in itself is a prob-
lem.”
“We have a $1 million deficit in
the athletic budget,” Parker said,
“and even though these are support-
ed by student fees, there is some
indication that there was some
unlawful borrowing of appropriated
funds appropriated for educational
purposes. Indications are that they
were all paid back but this is not a
loan fund for an athletic depart-
ment.”
Parker also warned that the media
should “learn from history” and not
weaken the university by casting a
poor light on the situation — some-
thing he said would hurt Lamar’s
She cited the inadequate budget-
ing system as an example.
“1 hope everyone is willing to
admit to the problems ... and find
ways to do things better.”
Murray said that the faculty sen-
ate has been analyzing the points
that the faculty needs to address.
“We are going to look at the audit
and see if we have suggestions,” she
said.
Coleman said he had mixed feel-
ings about others’ responses to the
audit. He said he liked Rep. Mark
Stiles' response that the board of
regents, appointed by the governor,
is accountable for what happens at
the university. “They can’t pass
the buck,” he said.
On the other hand, Coleman said
he was disappointed with Sen. Carl
Parker’s response that the
Republicans are responsible for the
believes that school officials and the
speakers themselves need to lay off
the politics.
“The general public is tired of
hearing about how the Democrats
did this and how (former Governor)
Clements did that,” Morgan said in
reference to Sen. Parker’s comments
about the appointments of regents
by the governor.
“Instead, get some corporate
business people in there who are
qualified and capable of doing things
right.”
Morgan also voiced concern for
chances of recovery..
“If you want to — for your own
partisan political reasons or reasons
personal to you — do that to Lamar-
Beaumont, you can,” he said.
Stiles was equally concerned
about the results of the audit’s find-
ings and stated several times his trou-
ble in holding his temper.
“This is not an easy day for either
of us,” Stiles said in his opening com-
ments. “It’s especially sickening to
me because I think I am responsible
for this document”
Stiles opened his comments with
some positive findings of the report
He pointed out some outstanding
state and national level achievements
by the College of Engineering, pre-
med and pre-dental programs, and
the nursing programs at Lamar-
Beaumont.
But Stiles followed with some
harsh criticisms of the administrators
and regents and said they were plac-
ing the university's state funding at
risk.
“Hard work and the fight for
excellence in education have been
replaced by glitz and glamour.
People who were responsible for
making sure the management at
Lamar University was held in check
have miserably failed .... I want some
heads to roll.”
Saying that he would not ask for
resignations, Stiles said the position
current problems “since they have
been in office the longest.”
Coleman was most disappointed
with the response from Ted E. Moor,
chairman of the board, who, accord-
ing to Coleman, blamed the prob-
lems on former president Billy
Franklin’s mismanagement
Coleman said the chancellor
remained uncharacteristically silent.
He repeatedly said that we concur
with the audit findings and we are
“looking toward the future.”
Whitmarsh acknowledged that
the audit certainly “points out prob-
lems.”
“It will be helpful to Dr. Cottle
to see an objective report,” he said.
In the end, he said, all the prob-
lems can be solved.
“We will be able to fix the prob-
lems as long as we are willing to,”
Whitmarsh said.
what he maintained was an oversight
of the students by the regents.
“Students said before (the audit)
that they had problems, and riobody
has listened to them; they treated
them like garbage.”
He said one of the things hurting
Lamar most is the way the public
sees Lamar spending money. He
points out the case of former
Chancellor George McLaughlin’s
being reassigned to another position
with the same salary and home when
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of regent should be seen neither as
an “ego trip nor a social status posi-
tion.” He said he would encourage
anyone who was not prepared to
accept blame or take on the tasks of
improvement should “check their
hold cards and move on to something
else.”
Stiles pointed out that several fac-
tors have led the school to a $1.4 mil-
lion overall deficit. The school has
been forced to make up for an $8.5
million deficit in the athletic pro-
gram and a $1.5 million dollar short-
fall in the housing program since
1988 and an overspending of the
Montagne Center budget by 200
percent in 1992.
Stiles also stated his concerns
with the costs of maintaining a high-
profile sports program to attract stu-
dents while Lamar is the only state-
supported university in Texas
expected to lose enrollment between
now and 2000.
“When we cut the football pro-
gram out we did it to save money,”
he said. “We are, in fact, spending
more money on athletics now than
we did when we had football.”
On the possibilities of the audit
affecting the requested budget,
Stiles said he did not want to specu-
late. He said he was in concurrence
with Parker in that, if the problems
are not fixed, he would seek legisla-
tive action.
ASBC begins
new funding
for programs,
initiatives
By Mark Bankston
UP editor
The Auxiliary Services Budget
Committee has created a fund to
support new initiatives and pro-
grams not traditionally funded by
student service fees, Joseph
Kavanaugh said Wednesday.
Kavanaugh, associate vice presi-
dent and dean of students, said
financial assistance will be awarded
on a competitive basis to colleges,
departments, student organizations
and others affiliated with Lamar
University-Beaumont
The budget committee has
already allocated $17,427 of the
$23,000 earmarked for the New
Program Initiatives Fund this
spring to 18 campus groups,
Kavanaugh said.
“One of the things that we said
we wanted to do last year when we
increased the student services fee
— in addition to addressing a lot of
the budget shortages in areas that
we fund on an ongoing basis —
(was) to also try and identify some
money that we could make avail-
able for new initiatives,”
Kavanaugh said.
Kavanaugh, whose office will
handle and monitor all applications
and funding, said the ASBC hopes
_ to fund programs that will enhance
campus life and student participa-
tion in campus activities.
Each year, the ASBC will estab-
lish funding priorities and seek
program proposals aligned with
their objectives. For the 1992-93
academic year, the ASBC has
sought funding proposals for the
following areas:
1) One major grant, limited to
$5,000, funded to enhance campus
life.
2) Open proposals from groups
or organizations, limited to $500
each, for campus programming, no
specifications.
3) Proposals on specific themes,
limited to $1,200, which would
include programs proposed by a
departmental or college organiza-
tion or honorary, co-sponsored and
co-funded by the department or
college, on topics of academic or
professional interest; programs that
celebrate the diversity of cultures
on campus and foster harmonious
campus relations; and community
service projects within the Golden
Triangle that foster positive cam-
pus and community relations.
The ASBC considers specific
criteria when making funding
awards, Kavanaugh said, including
the number of students served, the
overall impact on the LU-
Beaumont community, the target
audience, the quality of the appli-
cation and supporting documenta-
tion given to the ASBC, the use of
revenue generated by the activity,
the scope of the event and the
organization’s efforts to secure out-
side funding.
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