University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1983 Page: 2 of 6
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UNIVERSITY PRESS March 4, 1963*2
UP Profile
Motiee makes, keeps friends
By ELAINE BUTLER
UP reporter
Greece’s loss is Lamar’s gain in the
form of Abraham Motiee, owner ofKam-
pus Komer.
The restaurant, located on the comer
of Callaghan and Colorado, is a popular
campus eating and meeting place for
students, faculty and staff. Much of this
is due to Motiee’s natural “enjoyment of
knowing people” and the qualitative ef-
fort he puts into his business.
“I really do enjoy, not only making
friends, but keeping their friendship,”
Motiee said. “In the restaurant business
this is particularly important. Dining
customers like special attention. And no
matter how good the food is, they will not
return if they are ignored or feel so-
meone is faking friendliness to them.”
Besides serving an atmosphere of
friendliness, the menu offers a mixture
of Greek, Italian and American dishes.
Ranging from a hot, tangy gyros sand-
wich to a saucy lasagna dish to a
breakfast plate of ham and eggs, Motiee
said. “The food we serve can be
prepared in a short amount of time but
we still do not rush the food. Nothing is
prepared a la microwave.
“When I remodeled, after the fire, I
purposely left the kitchen open so that
customers could see their food being
prepared. It assures them of a spotless
kitchen. This helps to establish good
relationships because they can see the
personal care that goes into cooking
what they have ordered.”
The international scene at Kampus
Komer is like a mini-meeting at the
United Nations. Much of this is due to
Motiee’s ability to speak five languages.
He can converse in Italian, Spanish,
Arabic, Persian and, humorously adds,
“I believe I can speak a little English.”
With a background of working in oil
fields in the Middle East, Motiee decided
be wanted to continue his education in
the United States. After arriving in New
York City in the winter of 1969, he went to
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Abraham Motiee
the state of Maryland for a year. Then he
moved back to the Big Apple.
It was here in 1970 that Motiee receiv-
ed his first taste of the restaurant
business, working as a bus boy. He
delighted in the taste of this occupation.
Slowly a quiet incentive began building
inside of him that, someday, he would
like to open his own restaurant...but, not
in New York.
The cold weather was not to his liking.
“I’m not a snow man,” Motiee said, “so I
asked some American friends where I
could find better weather in another
large city with a good school.”
The answer he received was Houston,
Texas, where he continued his education
at the University of Houston. Motiee
graduated with a bachelor’s degree in
electrical engineering and a master’s in
computer science.
The degrees were put aside, though,
when opportunity presented itself to
Motiee in the form of a restaurant part-
nership.
So, five years after his first encounter
in the business, Motiee found himself
putting his talent of making friends to ex-
cellent use. He was, in Houston, half-
owner of a 4-star rated, Italian
restaurant called “Porto Bello.”
Still, the feeling to open his own
restaurant did not go away. In 1961, op-
portunity came again when he heard
Kampus Komer was available. He
came, saw, purchased and opened in
September of that yeah
“I liked Lamar right away. I have
always enjoyed being around students.
They are interesting people. Where there
are students, there is always activity. I
like this because I am an active person.”
The work was hard and the hours long
as Motiee saw to it personally that his
restaurant progressed each day. Then
tragedy struck in February 1982. Fire
completely destroyed the restaurant. “I
live next door,” he said, “and the smoke
even got into my house. The restaurant
was a mess. I was really discouraged un-
til the students gave me courage to go on.
What they did made me realize even
more how important it is to always treat
people like the important beings they
are.
“After the fire, some of the students
took up a collection for me without my
knowing it. When they presented it to me
tears came to my eyes. They really
cared and this gave me the incentive to
keep on going. I rebuilt and, believe me,
I see to it that the students will always
enjoy eating here.”
Motiee would like to open another
restaurant in Beaumont that would not
only serve “fine food in an elegant,
relaxed atmosphere but also make the
dining an unforgetable experience.”
Most of all, Motiee would see to it that
the customers would feel there the same
friendliness that they do now at Kampus
Komer.
Black birds ‘bobbin’ along’—
These birds take time out from feeding to play a
game with a paper bag. They must be aware that
spring has arrived.
_Photo by JAN OOUmLON
NRF arts and craft flea market set
The Neches River Festival Arts and
Crafts Flea Market, sponsored by Beta
Sigma Phi and the Beaumont City Council,
will be held Saturday and Sunday, April
16-17, Mona Evans, chairman, said
Wednesday.
Cost of space on the outdoor patio area of
the Beaumont Fairgrounds is $15 for one
day and $25 for two days for crafts, and $18
for one day and $28 for two day for food
space, Evans said.
The spaces will be approximately 12 feet
wide with a three-foot walking isle bet-
ween each space. A security guard will be
on duty both nights.
Any interest student organization should
contact Evans at 892-2163 or 833-6645 for
further information.
APO slates Boy Scout banquet at Lamar
Alpha Phi Omega National Service
Fraternity will host the annual banquet for
the Thirteen Rivers Commlittee, Steve
Walker, Neches Valley District: Committee
for the Boys Scouts of America member,
said.
The banquet, given for committee
members from 13 counties will be Tuesday
at 7 p.m. in the Setzer Student Center
Ballroom.
At this time the scout council will pre-
sent the Silver Beaver Awards, the highest
award for an adult volunteer given by the
council, Walker said.
The council’s annual report and preset*
tation of new officers will be made.
Charles Turco, director of research and
programs, will be presented as vice presi-
dent for the council, Walker said.
First traumatology conference scheduled
Linver to address students on speaking
Sandy Linver will speak in the con-
ference room on the Seventh Floor of the
Gray Library, March 16, at 10 a.m., Robert
Lee, director of special services, said
Thursday.
Linver, president of the Altanta con-
sulting firm, Speakeasy Inc., will lecture
on the topic, “How to Speak and Get
Results.” Linver’s appearance is co-
sponsored by Special Services and the Stu-
dent Government Association.
After the lecture, there will be a invita-
tional luncheon with Linver at noon and a
workshop with university student leaders
from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., aldo in the con-
ference room.
Linver has written two books. The first,
“Speak Easy,” was published by Summit
Books in 1979. Her second book, “Speak
and Get Results,” was released in January
of 1983.
Some of Linver’s clients include cor-
porations, government agencies, banks,
legal and accounting firms. She hiss acted
as consultant with firms such as the Coca-
Cola Co., Arthur Anderson and Co. and the
IBM Corp.
• _ •
By JEFF LANNI
UP contributing writer
The first annual Traumatology Con-
ference is scheduled for Mardi 11-12 in the
Setzer Student Center, Dianne Burney,
spokesperson, said Wednesday.
Burney, director of continuing educa-
tion, said the conference willl focus on in-
dustrial and environmental emergencies.
The conference will be sfwnsored by
Lamar University, the Department of Con-
tinuing Education, the Colle ge of Health
and Behavioral Sciences, and local
hospitals.
“The primary concern of tha; sponsors,”
Burney said, “is to provide an annual
forum for the discussion of emergency
health care issues.”
Although open to the public, those ex-
pected to attend will include stiifety person-
nel, emergency medical techuiicians, fire
personnel, paramedics, doctors, and other
interested health providers.
“This year’s conference will enable the
participant to define the existing en-
vironmental and industrial risk factors,”
Burney said.
“The conference will help them to iden-
tify various burns and appropriate eye
treatment for existing injuries.
Also, general emergency intervention
necessary in handling industrial accidents
will be discussed.
The conference will consist of three
groups of workshops under the headings of
Tract I, II and III.
“The three tracts will each deal with dif-
ferent procedures of how to handle in-
dustrial and environmental emergencies,”
she said.
Workshops will run from 1:30 p.m. to 5
o.m. each day.
After completion of the conference, par-
ticipants will be eligible for certificates
worth 16 classroom hours.
Registration packets will be handed out
from 7:30 a.m. until 9 a.m. in the Setzer
Student Center, on the mornings of the con-
ference.
Individual registration is $30 per day or
$50 for two days.
Fees may be paid at 7:30a.m. on March
11, and late registration will also be handl-
ed in the Setzer Student Center, beginning
at 7:30 a.m.
General discussions of snakebites, burns
and eye injuries will be held each morning
before the workshop begins.
Also lunch and coffee breaks will be in-
cluded.
For more information, call Burney at
838-8432 or come by 103 Wimberly Student
Services Building.
Marijuana proposition draws opposition
AUSTIN, Texas (UPI)—A proposal to use traf-
fic-type citations for marijuana use drew strong
opposition from the Texans’ War on Drugs Com-
mittee which argued the measure would give
moral respectability to drug abuse.
After more than two hours of testimony,
during which the bill’s sponsor defended his
proposal against the War on Drugs Committee,
the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Tuesday assigned the bill to a subcommittee for
more study.
Sponsored by Rep. Bill Blanton, D-Farmers
Branch, the measure would let police officers
issue citations to people accused of marijuana
possession, prostitution, gambling, homosexual
activity and certain misdemeanor offenses.
The bill would suggest that “it’s OK to do
drugs, it’s not bad to be a homosexual, and it’s
OK to be a prostitute,” Rick Solman of the War
on Drugs Committee said.
“If you change the process of getting the
criminal offender into the criminal justice
system, you will have decriminalized these of-
fenders,” Solman said. “You will not be treating
them like accused criminals.”
“We’re not talking about morals and decen-
cy,” Blanton countered. “We’re just letting the
police use their descretion.”
Penalties for the crimes would not be reduced
under Blanton’s scheme.
Sondra Buckner of the War on Drugs Com-
mittee said, “Passage of this bill would give a
strong ‘Do Drugs’ message to our youth.”
Supported by the Dallas Police Department
and the Dallas County Commissioners Court, the
proposal is designed to free police from time-
consuming arrests and book-keeping procedures
and to allow them to spend more time searching
for more serious offenders, Blanton said.
“This is an effort to keep the police on the job
working and trying to stop major crimes rather
than being back at the police station booking
people in,” he said. “This bill does not touch
penalties in any way and does not decriminalize
the offenses.”
Blanton said the measure allowed police to
arrest and book offenders at their discretion. A
similar bill was approved by the House in 1981
but died in the Senate.
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LU Briefs
freshman; Jimmy Kimmey, Groves sophomore; Jamie
Sartin, Port Arthur freshman; and Michael Richards,
Groves freshman.
Fraternities hold mixer Pledges, Pi Guys named
Alpha Tau Omega and Omega Phi Psi fraternities and
their little sisters held a Toga mixer Feb. 26 at the ATO
lodge, 4998 Cunningham, Mark Fiorenza, secretary of
ATO, said.
This was the first time the fraternities have hosted a
party together and because of the success of the event,
they plan to make it an annual event.
Applications available
Applications for officer positions in Alpha Lambda
Delta and Phi Eta Sigma fraternities are now available
for those students who were initiated in the fall or will be
initiated in the spring.
The applications are available in 107 of Wimberly
Student Services, Kathleen King, assistant to the dean of
student development, said.
The deadline to apply for officer in Alpha Lambda
Delta is March 15, and for Phi Eta Sigma, March 18, •
King said.
Conference scheduled
A conference on the preservation of historic struc-
tures will held at the Beaumont Civic Center Friday,
March 11, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., David Hart-
man, coordinator of museum services for Lamar, said.
The conference is sponsored by the city’s Historic
Landmark Commission and the Beaumont Heritage
Society, Hartman said.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the fee of $17 in-
cludes lunch. For further information or to register in
advance contact the heritage society at 898-0348.
Clark named president
Roland Clark, Vidor sophomore, has been elected
president of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity pledge class
for the 1983 spring semester, Mark H. Hargraves, mem-
bership education assistant, said.
Also elected to office are Donald Isles, Port Arthur
freshman, vice president; Darren Blackwell, Port Ar-
thur freshman, secretary; and Greg Harris, Groves
freshman, treasurer.
Other spring pledges are Kevin Thompson, Port Ar-
thur freshman; Jay Law, Vidor freshman; Myron
Dollinger. Beaumont freshman; Ray Ptacek, Beaumont
Gamma Phi Beta sorority has announced its 1983
spring pledges, Kathy Duffy, corresponding secretary,
said.
They are Susan LeBoeuf, Lumberton sophomore;
Christina Marquez, Beaumont freshman; Lisa
Hargrove, Beaumont freshman; Patty Webber, Port
Neches freshman; and Wendi Lewis, Port Neches fresh-
man.
The sorority also named newly selected Gamma Phi
Guys, Duffy said.
They are Rohn Wenner, Beaumont senior; Grey
McLeinore, Conroe sophomore; and Eric Schultz,
Dickinson senior.
Cooperation requested
The Setzer Student Council Reservation Office would
like to call attention to the importance of having reser-
vation requests properly filled in and signed, at least
three days in advance, Alice Wray, director, reser-
vations-operations, said Wednesday.
Wray said that big events in the ballroom require
seven days in advance. The office can be flexible, but
not to the point of confirming a reservation when the
paper work is brought in the same day as the meetings.
The office is requesting the cooperation of all con-
cerned parties, Wray said.
Fair dates set
Dates have been set for the Student Organization Fair,
Annie Stegeman, coordinator of student organization
services and activities, said Wednesday.
The fair will be held August 31-Sept. 1. All registered
student organizations are eligible to participate.
For further information, call Stegeman at 838-8727.
York named president
Debbie York, Orange senior, was elected president of
the Lamar University Student Nurses Association, a
spokesperson said.
Other officers elected are Faye Thibodeaux,
Nederland sophomore, vice president; Vicki Richards,
Beaumont senior, secretary; Vickie Gothia, Nederland
senior, treasurer; and Karen Smith,t Beaumont
graduate student, government representative.
LU students
travel to NYC
for job tour
Twenty-three Lamar
students and one local junior
high student will leave
Saturday on a six-day educa-
tional and career-oriented
tour of New York City.
The Lamar students will
receive six semester hours
of credit for attending re-
quired plays and workshop
in New York, Bill Morton,
adjunct instructor of com-
munication, said Wednes-
day.
The agenda includes see-
ing the plays “Cats,” “Cloud
Nine,” and “Plenty.”
The students will attend a
workshop held by Edward
Henkel, choreographer for
Liza Minnelli. Other
workshops will cover the use
of make-up and costumes.
Morton said students in-
terested in pursuing a
career in stage or drama
will have the opportunity to
audition for several indepen-
dent film makers and Broad-
way and soap opera casting
directors.
“The students have raised
the money for the trip
through drama and speech
tournaments, ad sales, and
donations from local mer-
chants, citizens and
Dramatis Personae,” Mor-
ton said.
Morton and Adonia
Placette, adjunct instructor,
will accompany the students
as sponsors.
The students will have
some free time to sightsee
while in New York, Morton
said.
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