University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1984 Page: 3 of 8
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UNIVERSITY PRESS September 14, 1984*3
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Charges cast doubt
on Parker’s efforts
Tuesday’s indictment of
state Sen. Carl Parker, D-Port
Arthur, on three third-degree
felony charges casts a dark
shadow not only on our com-
munity, but also on the pro-
grams he promoted in the
Legislature.
A Jefferson County hold-
over grand jury indicted
Parker on charges of
wholesale promotion of pro-
stitution, aggravated promo-
tion of obscene material and
aggravated perjury, stemming
from a raid on the Happy
Times Video Co. in Port Ar-
thur.
Daniel Lee, owner of the
video company, currently has
seven grand jury indictments
pending against him, after an
investigation into his ac-
tivities revealed his alleged
involvement in prostitution,
pornography and drugs.
Evidence found during the
investigation prompted the
prostitution and obscenity in-
dictments against Parker. The
perjury charge arose from his
testimony before the grand
jury on Sept. 7.
The problem is not whether
Parker is guilty—although if
found guilty, he deserves to
be punished to the fullest ex-
tent of the law—the problem
is Parker’s indictment may
darken the outlook of his pro-;
posed legislation as chairper-
son of the Senate Education
Committee.
Proposition 2, the educa-
tion reform bill in the
Legislature which would pro-
vide Lamar and 16 other state-
supported universities with a
permanent building and
renovation fund, was sup-
ported by Parker not only in
the Golden Triangle, but also
in the Legislature and across
the state.
With Parker’s reputation
already damaged and his
credibility in question, one
wonders how Proposition 2
will be affected.
The public cannot deter-
mine Parker’s guilt, nor can
we justify such actions by any
elected official; but we must
not judge the proposition by
its promoter.
Cost war welcomed
In the American free enter-
prise system, competition is a
must. With the opening of
Kampus Korner Bookstore in
early August, Lamar students
have been able to benefit
from the system through com-
petitive pricing on textbooks.
It is about time a lid was
put on the high cost of texts.
For all too long the Lamar
(leased by Lone Star Books)
students at Lamar.
“I’ve been a student
myself,” Motiee said. “I
thought that by opening a
bookstore, I could give better
breaks to students pricewise.
“I had the extra space, so
any dollar I make on sales is a
dollar not made before I open-
ed.”
Motiee said that already he
has heard of the other two
Vietnamese students thank LU community
Editor:
We regret that we have to move
far from Lamar University because
our major is not offered here.
We are boat people; we expected
to die on the ocean while looking for
freedom.
Lamar University opened the door
for us to get good educations.
We don’t know how to express our
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Editor ........................Donna Foster
Managing Editor ..............Linda Eckols
Copy Editor ....................Elaine Raab
Sports Editor ................Dorothy Gentry
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Lillian Morgan, Alan Pace, Ronnie Perkins
HoUy Richie, Terry Trimble
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Richard Yancey
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Office Assistants................Sonja Butler.
Ann Chandler
Production Manager
Gloria Post
Assistant Director of Student Publications
Jill Scoggins
Director of Student PubUcatlons
Howard Perkins
Publisher
Student Publications Board
George McLaughlin, Chairman
The University Press is the official student
newspaper of Lamar University, and
publishes every Wednesday and Friday during
long semesters, excluding holidays and
Wednesdays Immediately following holidays.
Offices are located at P.O. Box 10055, 200
Setzer Student Center, University Station,
Beaumont, Texas 77710.
Opinions expressed in editorials and col-
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the newspaper. These opinions are not
necessarily those of the university administra-
tion.
gratitude to Lamar University
where there are many lovely hands
to wrap us, to protect us, to help us
and to love us.
This consoles us very much and
we can forget, little by little, our
homesickness.
AUSTIN (UPI)—Senate candidate
Lloyd Doggett today compared his
race against Republican Phil
Gramm to the Biblical struggle of
David and Goliath, then unveiled the
first of “five smooth stones” he
claims will be Gramm’s downfall.
The Capitol news conference
marked one of the underdog
Democrat’s first major campaign
announcements, an opportunity he
seized to dub the College Station con-
gressman “Philistine Phil.”
“I think it is impossible to make
Beaumont a vacation spot because
we are too close to Houston.
However, Beaumont could land a
reputation as a convention city.”
Todd Landry
Groves senior
“A semi-pro football team, more
concerts, an amusement park like
Astroworld and a zoo. I do not think
Beaumont can begin to build up as a
vacation spot until the economy gets
better.”
Larry Amacker
Sugarland sophomore
We were homeless and had no
future, but Lamar University
became our home and we have found
better lives.
We have many lovely friends as
well as American parents and
American brothers and sisters who
“Like Goliath, Philistine Phil has
all the so-called advantages,” Dog-
gett said. “He has the same kind of
supposedly inpenetrable coat of ar-
mor and he was the almost
unbelievable amount of special in-
terest money to cover up his true
record of callousness and lack of
caring for ordinary Texans.
“Goliath had a spear and a sword
and Phil has had more than a few
pointed spears aimed at me over the
radio waves in recent months.”
Doggett noted that David selected
“An ice skating rink couldn’t hurt
the economy."
Jalynn Walker
Nederland freshman
“We need something like
Astroworld to help the economy. It
would bring more people and their
money in. I would also like to see
more new fast food restaurants near
campus. I think Lamar could
become more well-known if Beau-
mont became a tourist attraction.”
James De Vault
Dickinson junior
have made us very happy.
“Eating bread is never
forgotten”: This is the Vietnamese
way. We appreciate your help.
God bless our known and unknown
benefactors. God bless Lamar
University. God bless America.
Mylan Nu Ton
Myphuong Ton
Beaumont sophomores
“five smooth stones” to use in his sl-
ingshot against Goliath.
The first of his stones, Doggett
said, would be his record on educa-
tion in comparison to Gramm’s. He
promised to disclose the four re-
maining stones in the coming weeks.
Doggett said that as a state
senator he had fought to increase
funding for public education, while
Gramm had voted in Congress
against “virtually every form of
public support for education.”
“They need to make Crystal
Beach more attractive. They could
build a Waterworld and bring con-
certs to the beach. I think this would
supply more jobs and make Lamar
bigger.”
Teri Macaluso
Port Arthur sophomore
“A good place to eat. I have been
to every restaurant in Beaumont
and they just do not have any real
great places to eat. I like something
like the Strawberry Patch.”
Lisa Cox
Dallas senior
and Child’s bookstores have
monopolized the market.
Now with the privately-
owned Kampus Korner open
for business with comparable
to drastically lower prices,
the other two stores must
consider forfeiting some
capital in order to retain their
customers.
With just two stores, the
prices have escalated beyond
reason and the Kampus
Korner store now allows
students a third choice.
Results have already begun
to surface.
Mark Nezamzadeh, text-
book manager at Child’s,
said, “I think that the opening
of Kampus Korner is good for
students because of the com-
petition. Our problem is that
we had to cut prices down,
and the Lamar bookstore also
had the same problem.”
Abraham Motiee, owner of
Kampus Korner, said that he
sympathizes with the
“A Photon like the one in Dallas
which is the only one in the United
States right now. At a Photon, you
put on space outfits like in ‘Star
Wars’ and they give you a laser.
Then, 10 people play against each
other.
Carmen Peloney
Liberty junior
“Some type of park would be nice.
This would help the city as a whole.”
Roger Coleman
Beaumont senior
stores bringing down the
percentage of their markups.
Albert Pinto, Lamar
Bookstore manager, agrees
that the new business will
allow the students an oppor-
tunity for comparative shop-
ping.
“We’ve shopped both of the
other stores,” Pinto said.
“They’ve checked our prices
and we’ve checked theirs,
just as everyone in the retail
business does.”
Hopefully, the price war
will continue to benefit the
students instead of just
allowing another business
the opportunity to gain
through inflated profits from
book sales.
Lamar students will pro-
bably never feel like they are
getting a real deal on text-
books, but at least for now
they have the opportunity to
shop around before making
that costly plunge into educa-
tional supplies.
“Horse races and amusement
parks like Astroworld. It is good to
have tourist attractions because it
will help business around here.”
Jill Evans
Orangefield sophomore
“More rock concerts, a
DisneyWorld and a professional
football team would be great. This
would definitely help our economy in
the sense that unemployment would
be lowered. When the hotels went up,
I knew something was going on.”
Mike McCown
Beaumont sophomore
Readers’ Forum
Race compared to Biblical battle
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By STACYE STEELE
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Foster, Donna. University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1984, newspaper, September 14, 1984; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth500299/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.