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“The journey of a thousand miles
starts from beneath your feet.”
—Lao-tzu
University Press
Lamar University Beaumont, Texas
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Vol. 71, No. 1
Cardinal Daze
Programming comes to close
with weekend beach party,
video dance, music festival
By Nedone Brantley
UP entertainment editor
Fall ’93 students received a
Big Red welcome back with happy
hours, pep rallies, campus treasure
hunts, a jousting Wacky
Wednesdaze in the Quad and a
riotous dating game Thursdaze
night
But Cardinal Daze has saved
the best for last. Fridaze and
Saturdaze will be fun, with activi-
ties back to back.
A fashion show will begin at
12:30 p.m. today in the Setzer
Student Center Arbor followed by
Happy Hour at 5 p.m. and
Amateur Talent Night at 6:30 p.m.
in Mirabeau’s, the newest and
hottest spot on campus this week.
The party will move to the SSC
parking lot at 8 p.m. Big Surf
Drive-In will sponsor a large
screen outdoor showing of the hit
movie “Passenger 57,” starring
Wesley Snipes.
A wild video dance party will
immediately follow the movie. For
the hot and thirsty, BACCHUS, a
student organization that focuses
on peer education and alcohol
awareness among peers, will serve
non-alcoholic drinks.
The sun will be high in the sky
by 11 a.m. Saturdaze for the beach
See DAZE, page 8
Photo by Tracy Silverberg
Student hangs by a few velcro threads at“Wednesdaze” Cardinal Daze sporting events. Variations on the old, the new games included
jousting, a “fly paper” contraption and inflated sumo wrestling suits.
Budget cuts hit academia
Enrollment decline forces Lamar to "maintain a tight budget"
By Kenneth Vincent
UP News Editor
Lamar University regents
'approved budgets totaling $84 mil-
lion for Lamar’s three campuses
and the Institute of Technology for
fiscal year 1993-94.
The almost 17 percent increase
is a result of $7 million in military
contracts at the LU-Orange cam-
pus and $1 million from the state
to LU-Beaumont for specific pro-
jects.
The Orange and Port Arthur
campuses expect enrollment to be
at an all-time high. The LU-
Orange budget more than doubled
last year’s, going from $6.06 mil-
lion to $13.6 million. The Port
Arthur campus’ budget will be
$7.17 million, down from last
year’s budget of $7.27 million.
The total budget for the LU-
Beaumont campus including the
Institute of Technology is $60.7
million, an increase of $4.7 million
from last year.
In spite of the increase, Rex
Cottle, president of LU-Beaumont,
said the campus had to cut spend-
ing in the education and general
use fund and in student fee sup-
ported services, and maintain a
tight budget to compensate for an
estimated 15 percent decline in
enrollment.
The Executive Council, which
includes the vice presidents and the
president of LU-Beaumont,
attributes the decline in enrollment
to the higher admissions standards
implemented this year, negative
publicity over events that took
place last year and unfavorable
demographics,
Cottle said a budget cut of about
7 percent was made in the educa-
tion and general use fund and an
11 percent cut was made in student
fee supported services.
The cut in the education and
general use fund affected all the
academic colleges, the graduate
studies program, and the John
Gray Library.
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Photo by Tracy Silverberg
Monday's grand opening of Maribeau's attracted new, as well as faithful patrons eager to get a
look at the facelift it recieved during the summer. See related story page 5.
Charles Summerlin, acting dean
of the College of Arts and
Sciences, and LeBland McAdams,
dean of the College of Education,
said their colleges cut student
assistant and teaching assistant
monies and operating expenses to
meet the budget cut requirements.
Fred Young, dean of the
College of Engineering, said he
had to cut all the college’s master’s
degree fellowships and half of the
doctoral fellowships. Young also
said cuts were made in the depart-
mental operations expense fund
which pays for travel, maintenance
and other operational expenses.
Gray Library was also forced to
cut its budget by 7 percent, but the
library receives special item fund-
ing from the state which helped to
offset the cut.
The library was budgeted $1.84
million in 1993 but only $1.71
million in 1994. The library
received $60,000 in special item
See BUDGET, page 8
Initial enrollment
looks brighter than
earlier predictions
By Tarita Felix
UP staff writer
At press time Thursday
night, enrollment figures for
Lamar's Beaumont campus
fall 1993 semester show an
overall decrease of 5.55 per-
cent in student head count
compared to fall 1992.
Elmer Rode, dean of
records and registrar, pointed
out this figure was better than
previous figures released earli-
er this week and much better
than had been expected at the
close of the spring semester.
Rode said this is a signifi-
cantly smaller figure than was
anticipated for the fall
semester.
“The budget (for 1993-94)
was built on a loss of 15 per-
cent,” he said.
Rode said that by the 12th
class day, the head count fig-
ure for the Beaumont campus
would probably approach 6
percent.
The campus is also down in
semester hours taken but not
as much as had been expected.
“There is a 4.72 percent
decrease in semester hours
which will probably increase a
little, but not above 6 percent
by the 12th class day,” Rode
said.
He said the new admission
policy for the Beaumont cam-
pus is primarily responsible
for the decreases.
Non- violent
criminals help
in campus
maintenance
Going to college does not seem
like much punishment, but for
some that is just what is happening.
Jefferson County Sheriff Carl
Griffith Jr. has a program that is
both helping the community and
the criminal justice system in the
county.
Work Release is a program
whereby persons convicted of non-
violent crimes are allowed to serve
out their time doing “help” work.
A couple of weeks ago, Lamar
University-Beaumont was added to
a growing list of places where
inmates are serving their time.
Budget cuts at Lamar have made
it hard for the university’s grounds
crews to keep up with the garden-
ing and yard work. That’s where
the work release program comes in.
Everyday a number of “free
See WORKERS, page 8
Sorority rush
Women vie for spots in campus organizations;
conference still offering open rush for students
By DeNae Park
UP staff writer
For a first-time student in a new
environment, the scholastic world
can be both scary and overwhelm-
ing, so some Lamar students are
turning to sororities and fraternities
for an easier transition into college
life.
About a week before school
started, the girl’s formal rush was
underway. Thirty girls attended
parties at Lamar’s three National
Panhellenic Conference chapters
on campus.
By the end of the week, 23 girls
accepted bids to the sorority of
their choice. The NPC is now
offering an open rush for any
female student who missed out.
The director of the Setzer
Student Center, Ruth McCauley,
says sororities and fraternities have
more to offer than just the social
benefits.
“Studies have shown that stu-
dents who get involved in some
part of an organization will enjoy
school more, make better grades,
get their degree, and get better
jobs,” McCauley said.
“And a sorority can challenge
you to grow, teach you to manage
your time and money and teach
you the importance of philan-
thropies and leadership skills,”
McCauley added. m
For a small fish in a big pond,
McCauley says that a sorority can
make a community out of the big
pond.
“A sorority can rid you of the
anxiety you feel when you first
start college. You feel that you
have a family and that makes you
feel connected to the institution
and other students,” McCauley
said.
Students interested in the open
rush must be currently taking 12
semester hours at Lamar-
Beaumont and must be in good
standing academically with the
university.
The majority of the rushees are
freshman students, but sorority
officials say they will not turn any-
one away.
McCauley says sorority members
can expect to pay $500 for their
first-year dues. The money is used
for various causes including house
maintenance, socials and pledge
activities. In the years to follow,
the sorority fees will average $300
a year.
McCauley says interested
females must sign up immediately
See RUSH, page 8
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