Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1979 Page: 1 of 6
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By FRANK CONDE
and
SUSAN MARLOW
of the UP staff
A motion for the Student Government
Association to support House Bill 1389,
sponsored by District 7B state represen-
tative Bo Crawford, has been passed
unanimously by the student senate, ac-
cording to SGA president Tony Sekaly.
The motion was made by Peggy Dow,
Winnie junior, after Crawford spoke to the
Student senate about H.B. 1389.
H.B. 1389, if passed by the state
Legislature, will raise the state limit on
allowed student services fees from th&
current $30 to a maximum of $48.
If the bill becomes law, Crawford said,
boards of regents of universities would be
able to raise the student services fees if
they feel it is justified.
.“It has been suggested that a student
referendum be added to the bill,
“Crawford said,” but some schools have
expressed to me the idea that the fewer en-
cumbrances we can put on this bill, the
4>etter it would be, and the easier it would
be to get it through the Legislature.”
. Betty Jacob, SGA vice president,
received a letter from Steve Morrell, a lob-
byist for the Texas Student Association
that expressed what the TSA would like to
have replace House Bill 1389.
The four main parts of the TSA bill, ac-
cording to Jacob, are: (1) that medical
fees paid by students be repealed, (2) that
the ceiling for student services fees be
raised from $30 to $60, (3) that the Texas
Legislature mandate by law the existence
of a student service advisory committee,
and (4) that state law provide that student
fees not be raised higher than combined
current fees, without a campus vote.
,"I agree philosophically with the student
having the right to vote on whether student
services fees should be raised,” Crawford
said. “But, some school’s administrators
have advised me that a student referen-
dum would play havoc on establishing long
range budgets.
Crawford cited two reasons student ser-
vices fees need to be raised.
“One reason for raising the student ser-
vices fee is inflation,” Crawford said.
“The $30 ceiling on student services fees
was established 10 to 12 years ago and in-
flation has tremendously raised operating
costs.
“Also, the impact of Title IX (Equal Em-
ployment Act) on women’s athletics has
created a greater demand for funding.”
Crawford also invited a delegation of
student volunteers to give their views of
the bill at an April 9 meeting in Austin of
the Higher Education Committee, of which
Crawford is a member.
The SGA passed a second motion, at the
Tuesday SGA meeting, which provides
that the SGA send a delegation of volun-
teers to Austin, April 9.
Before leaving the SGA meeting,
Tuesday, Crawford was given an honorary
SGA “Bad Bird of the Week” award for his
"obvious interest in Lamar.”
Jazz F
Ninth annual event
to feature O’Connell
. The fine arts department and the Lamar
"University Friends of the Arts will present
the Ninth Annual Jazz Festival today, at
3:30 p.m., in McDonald Gym.
-.The festival will culminate with the ap-
pearance of singer Helen O’Connell with
the Lamar University Jazz Band A, at 9
ajm.
The schedule of performances will also
include an invitational contest for area
high school jazz bands.
The bands will be judged on an in-
dividual, non-competitive basis, earning a
rating of I, II, or III. Judging criteria will
be based on an overall rating for each band
plus a rating for individual soloists.
Individual bands earning a first division
rating will be awarded a trophy and out-
standing soloists will be awarded a plaque.
All participants will receive a certificate.
Judges for the invitational meet are
Darrell Holt, director of the jazz program
at Stephen F. Austin University,
Nacogdoches; Raul Ornelas, instructor of
music; and Mike Hart, Port Arthur
graduate student.
O’Connell’s singing career began during
the big band era and includes recordings
and appearances on radio, television and
concert tours. She is known to millions as
the hostess of the “Miss Universe
pageant.”
Ticket prices for the festival are $1 for
Lamar and high school students and $2 for
the general public. Tickets may be pur-
chased at the Setzer Student Center check
cashing booth, in 105 Art and 106 Music-
Speech.
v. >
net*.
YOU 1ST—By looking at this t-shirt worn
by Beaumont junior Susan Miertschin, you
jnay not consider her to be one of the
brighter members of the student body. The
LIGHT AT THE END OF WINTER—With the weather turning warm and the leaves
turning green, everyone is taking to the outdoors. Patrick Sohlinger, son of Jim and
Helen Sohlinger, is no exception. On this spring afternoon, Patrick was headed for the
woods near his home in Beaumont. Helen Sohlinger is Cardinal magazine co-editor
and UP copy editor.
Photo by Helen Sohlinger
SGA Election
Information
F orum set
A Spring Election Information
Forum will be held at 7 p.m.
Tuesday in the Setzer Student Cen-
ter Reading Room.
The event will be sponsored by the
Student Government Association,
the Setzer Student Center Council,
the Residence Hall Association and
the SSC Governing Board.
All students interested in learning
about student government offices
are invited to attend.
SGA and SSCC officers will be
present to answer any questions
students might have about the of-
fices.
This will be the first spring elec-
tion information forum that Lamar
has sponsored in several years, ac-
cording to SGA president Tony
Sekaly.
Lawsuit ends in LU’s favor
By MARK KNOWLES
of the UP staff
Lamar University and the State of Texas
have been successful in their defense
regarding a $100,000 litigation involving
Ted Moreno of Port Arthur.
The jury announced a unanimous
decision in Lamar’s favor Wednesday at
approximately 11:20 a.m. in Jefferson
County 60th District Court.
Moreno, a radio officer with Texaco Inc.,
was attending the summer dinner theatre
production of "The Secret Affairs of
Mildred Wilde” when he fell from an on-
stage seating area into an adjacent or-
chestra pit, according to Dr. DeWitte
Holland, head of the Department of Com-
munication.
According to the Plaintiff’s Second
Amended Original Petition, filed June 22,
1978, by Beaumont attorney Chilton
O’Brien in Moreno’s behalf, Moreno
sustained “severe injuries consisting of
multiple right parietal fractures of the
skull, an epidural hematoma, damage to
the cervical spine, numerous cuts, bruises,
and abrasions,” and related damages.
Moreno’s charges against the univer-
sity, according to the petition, included
failure to properly light the area, failure to
place barriers or walls to prevent the
patrons from walking into the orchestra
pit, failure to place warning devices in-
dicating the location of the orchestra pit
edge and other related charges of
negligence caused by the university and its
representatives.
According to Dr. Holland, the jury Wed-
nesday ruled on six issues:
1. Was the defendant (Lamar) negligent
in the seating arrangement?
2. Was the defendant the proximate
cause of the accident?
3. Was the Plaintiff (Moreno) negligent?
4. Was the Plaintiff the proximate cause
of the accident?
5. What percentage of negligence rests
between the Plaintiff and the Defendant?
6. What amount of money would com-
pensate Moreno for damages received in
the accident?
The unanimous decision 4n regard to the
first four issues was “Yes,” according to
Dr. Holland. The jury determined that
both the defendant and the plaintiff were
negligent and that both the defendant and
the plaintiff were the proximate cause of
the accident.
In regard to the last two issues, ac-
cording to Dr. Holland, Lamar would have
had to be determined more than 50 percent
negligent in the accident for the university
to be required to pay damages.
The jury determined that 20 percent of
negligence rested with Lamar and that 80
percent of the negligence rested with
Moreno.
The jury determined that $20,000 would
be the amount of money that would com-
pensate Moreno for damages received in
the accident, but that Lamar was not
negligent to the 50 percent margin.
Consequently, the university would not
have to pay any damages.
Handling the defense were Texas
Assistant Attorney General Jack Sparks
and Beaumont attorney Tanner Hunt.
Since Moreno’s accident, Dr. Holland
said, steps have been taken to correct any
problems in the seating arrangement. He
also said that dv^er theatres have been
held in the Un><%rsity Theatre since the ac-
cident, dmi that he foresees no problems
with future performances in the theatre.
Supreme Court justices
will probably discuss case
of ‘reverse discrimination
shirt is no reflection on Susan’s in-
telligence, however, but an indication of
her school spirit—she bought this t-shirt in
the University Bookstore. Photo by Mike cutaia
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Supreme Court
justices are likely to discuss at a secret
conference Friday how they will handle a
“reverse discrimination” case that could
change the course of affirmative action in
the workplaces of America.
Seven justices questioned lawyers for all
sides during 90 minutes of oral arguments
Wednesday on the case begun by Brian
Weber, a white worker at a Kaiser
Aluminum and Chemical Corp. plant in
Gramercy, La.
They heard Michael Fontham, Weber’s
New Orleans lawyer, argue that an on-the-
job training program at the plant violates
the federal law against employment
discrimination because it reserves half of
all slots for minority applicants.
Some blacks with less seniority than
Weber were admitted to the program,
which leads to higher pay and job security,
because of the racial quota while he was
left waiting in line.
“In this case, we have a pure, out-and-
out, racial preference,” Fontham told the
court.
The program is plainly illegal, he said,
despite the good motives of Kaiser and the
United Steelworkers of America which
voluntarily adopted it as part of a 1974
collective bargaining agreement.
Kaiser lawyer Thompson Powers defen-
ded the training program as an ap-
propriate response by the company to
-~ueral pressure and suits against it by
blacks at other plants. He charged a lower-
court ruling in Weber’s favor, if upheld,
“will literally end voluntary affirmative
action.”
Attorneys for the union and the govern-
ment also urged the justices to uphold the
training program, but disagreed how far
the ruling should go.
If they follow their normal procedure,
the justices will gather in their oak-
paneled conference room to take an initial
vote on the case Friday and the majority
opinion will be assigned to one member to
write.
The public is never told whet happens at
those sessions, however, and it is possible
Lewis Powell’s absence from Wednesday’s
argument could shake up the routine.
Powell is home recuperating from
recent surgery, and has not yet said
whether he will take part in the Weber
ruling. If he abstains, as John Paul
Stevens has for undisclosed reasons, only a
seven-man court would remain to act.
This has led to speculation the court,
which was divided over last term’s Allan
Bakke “reverse discrimination" case,
may postpone a ruling on the new case un-
til after hearing a second round of
arguments next term with Powell present.
The court ruled 5-4 in the Bakke case
that a white medical school applicant was
discriminated against by a special ad-
mission program for minorities.
Turco elected UMOC;
event nets MDA$1025
Dr. Charles Turco, director of
research and programs, won first
place for the third consecutive year
in the Ugly Man on Campus Contest.
Th£ Kappa Alpha chapter of Alpha
Phi Omega National Service Frater-
nity, sponsor of the contest, raised
$1,025 for the Muscular Dystrophy
Association, according to Ben
Morris, service vice president.
The money will be presented this
fall during the Jerry Lewis Labor
Day Telethon.
Second-place went to Thomas
Frank Romano, Orange sophomore,
and third-place to Dr. Elbert T.
Dubose, assistant professor of
government.
Pi Kappa Alpha, Turco’s sponsor,
received possession of the UMOC
trophy for one year, three kegs of
Schlitz, courtesy of Clark
Distributing Company, the UMOC
first-place plaque and a special
award of recognition for having
sponsored the UMOC winner for the
'last three years.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Romano’s
sponsor, received a plaque of
recognition and two kegs of Schlitz.
Alpha Delta Pi, Dubose’s sponsor,
also received a plaque of recognition
and one keg of Schlitz.
The' winners were announced at
the UMOC dance held at the Keg,
Saturday.
Turco:
Ugly Man on Campus
for third straight year
pj
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^ •‘Dracula’ reviewed,
page 2
•Cards prepare for
USL, page 5
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