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University Press
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Wednesday, August 31,1994 4
Spring ’94
Pulse magazine
out, taking
fall submissions
Scott Price
UP staff writer
The spring 1994 issue of Pulse
magazine is now circulating
throughout campus.
Pulse is a student literary
magazine published during each
long semester.
The magazine is available at
three locations: Gray Library,
the Setzer Student Center and
the Maes Building.
“I think it’s a good represen-
tation of the literary talent we
have here at Lamar,” said Erin
Kahla, co-editor of Pulse.
Students are encouraged to
submit their work for the fall
issue. Application forms are
available in 04 Maes Building.
Submission deadline is tenta-
tively set for October.
For more information contact
Cindy Colichia, secretary for the
English and foreign language
department, at 880-8558.
Opinions
Wanted
Individuals who wish to
speak out on issues
should send a letter fewer
than 300 words in length
to Letters to the Editor,
P.O. Box 10055, LU
Station, Beaumont, Texas
77710, or drop letters off
at our offices in 200
Setzer Student Center.
Center
Continued from page 1
to support, Allan Ford, center
director, considers the ranking
and recommendations of both
committees, which total more
than 60 members.
Researchers are notified of
funding decisions March 15, and
money will be distributed by May
1.
Recently, Mobil Corp. was
allowed to contribute $10,000 to
GCHSRC because of a modified
fine policy developed by the
Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission. The
company chose the payment
alternative which allows compa-
nies that are fined by the state for
an alleged violation to contribute
up to 50 percent of the fine to a
project that prevents pollution,
reduces pollutants reaching the
environment, enhances the qual-
ity of the environment or con-
tributes to public awareness of
environmental matters.
The majority of the money
Mobil Corp. donated from the
civil penalty fine will go to Lamar
to mathematically model the
concentration of air pollutants in
the Golden Triangle area.
SGA sets fall agenda,
encourages attendance
Rayna Wylie
UP staff writer
Last year, the Student
Government Association played
an important part in the life of
Lamar’s student body. They
passed several resolutions that
affected both the faculty and stu-
dents.
This year’s president, Russell
Rach, has set some goals that he
would like to see succeed. Rach
wants to clarify and streamline
the bureaucratic processes in the
SGA office. This includes having
written requirements of job
descriptions for SGA officers,
such as the committee chairs.
He also wants to clear up
errors located in the SGA
Constitution and to appoint a
Student Supreme Court, which
would provide the judicial com-
plement to the legislative and
executive branches of student
government.
The following are some of the
topics that will be addressed this
AIDS
Texas Medical Association says:
HIV on decline in Houston area*
Rayna Wylie
UP staff writer
school year:
Academic affairs: mandatory
physical education require-
ments; mandatory advisement;
absenteeism policy.
Student affairs: University
anti-discrimination policy; food
service changes (opinions);
Public affairs: department-
level recruitment; press releases;
Legislative information
affairs: The McLaughlin issue;
program review;
University relations: tele-
phone opinion polling; better
coordination among the
Beaumont, Port Arthur and
Orange campuses.
Rach is also concerned about
the number of people attending
SGA meetings. Citing declining
numbers, Rach advocates a
SGA-sponsored recruiting drive.
“I want everybody, their brother,
and their dog at the meetings.”
For more information about
the organization, contact the
SGA at 880-8891, or Russell
Rach.
According to a report in the
July issue of Texas Medicine, the
percentage of persons testing
positive for human immunodefi-
ciency virus in Houston declined
from 6.1 percent in 1990 to 2.9
percent in 1992.
The findings are based on
information collected from 29
free counseling and testing sites
in the Houston area between
January 1990 and December
1992. More than 74,000 people
voluntarily tested for the virus
and completed information
regarding ethnicity, gender and
other risk-exposure characteris-
tics of HIV.
The study revealed that white
males had the highest percentage
of those testing positive for the
disease (36.5 percent), with
Hispanic females reporting the
lowest rates (1.6 percent).
Males tested HIV-positive
almost four times as often as
females; however, the number of
females testing positive during
the study’s time period increased
67 percent. African-Americans
made up 74 percent of the
women testing HIV-positive.
Those reporting male-to-male
contact alone, or in addition to
using intravenous drugs, account-
ed for nearly 15 percent of those
tested, and 59 percent of those
testing positive for the virus.
Other risk factors included
having a sex partner at risk, being
diagnosed for a sexually transmit-
ted disease, having sex in
exchange for drugs or money,
and being a hemophiliac.
However, more than half of
those tested and 18 percent of
positive cases did not report any
acknowledged risks.
Researchers conducting the
study could not explain the per-
centage decline of the percent of
HIV-positive cases, but suggest-
ed that the profile of those tested
may have changed from a major-
ity with high-risk behavior to an a
increasing number without high- ■
risk characteristics, or that there 1
is now an increased awareness as f
people learn the facts about the j,
transmission and prevention of
HIV. 4
Researchers cannot determine *
the extent to which clients being v
tested in 1992 were at a lower risk !
than those tested in 1990, *
because of the poor reporting of J
risk factors. i
The report was written by j
Adesua E. Ilegbodu, P.H.; :
Margaret L. Frank, Ph.D.; and *
Alfred N. Poindexter, M.D., of l
the Baylor College of Medicine j
in Houston and David Johnson of •
the Centers for Disease Control >
and Prevention in Atlanta. %
Texas Medicine is the official •
news magazine for the Texas >
Medical Association. %
i
For more information abouj
HIV or the report, contact the
Texas Medical Association at t
(512) 370-1392. ; *
Adopt-A-Beach program set for Sept. 17;
Summer’s end means back to school for kids and
back to the beaches for volunteers for the ninth
annual Texas Coastal Cleanup on Saturday, Sept.
17, said Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro.
“Texans love any excuse to go to the coast,”
Mauro said, “but cleaning beaches is more than
just a good excuse to go to the beach,” Mauro said.
The cleanup will begin with a check-in at loca-
tions along the Texas coast from 9 a.m., until noon.
Texas Adopt-A-Beach volunteers will fan out
from the check-in points and collect garbage and
information about the trash on data cards, covering
about 180 miles of beach.
The data collected by volunteers has been
instrumental in the banning of dumping plastics
from ships worldwide and prohibiting any dumping
in the Gulf of Mexico and Wider Caribbean. “Nine*
years of cleanups have given us solid evidence that-*
much of the marine debris comes from ships dump-r
ing at sea,” Mauro said, “and about 65 percent of
the debris washing up on Texas beaches is plas-*
tics.” . »
Plastics in the marine environment can kill^
wildlife that mistake it for food or becomes entan-
gled in it, along with fouling water intakes and pro-*
pellers on boats, he said. *
The newest Adopt-A-Beach educational pro-+
gram is the “Get a Line on Litter” poster contest to
help educate children about the importance of the*
Gulf of Mexico.
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Karaoke Night
Every Tuesday
8 to 10 p.m.
Mira lien u%
RED O'
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Monday Night Football
• Billiards Tournament
• 7 p.m.
• Begins Monday, Sept. 12
THURSDAY
▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
$1 Lunch
In the Quad
Live Entertainment
Dana Cooper
Student Director Needed
An energetic student to help lead Lamar Alive! in the planning of
social & educational events. For more information, contact the
Lamar Alive office at 880-8734 or stop by 200 Setzer Student
Center for an application. Deadline to apply is noon, Friday, Sept. 9
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