University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1987 Page: 2 of 6
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UNIVERSITY PRESS November 13,1987*2
OTA lends
support to
-older group
By Tammee LeVieux
UR. staff writer
\ .."Nowadays, employers are looking
for well-rounded employees with
degrees. They want more than good
glides; they want someone who is
an ■active, social person.
How does someone 25 or older
meet both criteria after he has been
away from college or has never been
to college?
‘‘To get the full benefit of a degree,
you have to be active,” Mary Den-
son, first vice president of Omega
Theta Alpha, said.
Omega Theta Alpha is a Lamar
support group for students 25 and
older. “We are one of the fastest-
growing Organizations,” Reda
Allison, president, said.
The group was renamed Omega
Theta Alpha in January 1987. Begin-
ning in 1976, it had been LOTAS, an
acronym for Lamar Older-Than-
Average Students.
OTA meets every Wednesday at
1:15 p.m. and every Thursday at
12:25 p.m. in 209 Setzer Student
Center. Anyone is welcome to at-
tend, Allison said.
Other officers are Gary Clay, se-
cond vice president, and Vickie Laf-
fleur, secretary-treasurer.
OTA will sponsor a meeting Mon-
day for anyone in the community 25
or older who is considering college.
Many in this group want to go to col-
lege but aren’t aware of how to go
about it, OTA officers said.
The meeting, at 7 p.m. in the
Setzer Student Center Ballroom, will
attempt to provide that information
during a question-and-answer ses-
sion. Further information is
available by calling 880-8356 or
880-8444.
Everyone has different reasons
for going to college. Clay had been in
the work force before and was ready
for a change. But, he said, society
also had changed.
“I didn’t have the credentials to go
about it,” he said, “so I decided to do
something about it.”
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By Daryl Gray
UP contributing writer
Gary Reynolds has something at
his house that you can’t find in just
any home: a fully equipped, eight-
track recording studio.
Reynolds is a senior communica-
tion major who has been playing,
writing and recording music since
he was 14. He has been a musician in
many different rock bands during
the past few years.
His most recent band, The Cretins,
gained notoriety by having a Lamar
political science instructor as its
guitarist for a while.
Walking into Reynolds’ studio is
like walking into a music store.
Equipment is everywhere.
“I’ve been slowly collecting this
equipment one piece at a time for
the past three years,” Reynolds
said.
“I started with the eight-track
recording machine and a mixer. I
already had a lot of the other ac-
cessories. I borrowed $3,200 from
my dad to buy it, and it’s almost paid
off. I’m adding new equipment as I
get the money.”
So far, besides the recorder,
Reynolds has acquired a full public
address system, two mixers, an
acoustic piano, an electric piano, an
electric organ, a harpsicord, two
bass amps, five guitar amps, 11
guitars and a wide array of guitar-
effects pedals.
And a friend who plays drums has
his set assembled in Reynolds’
studio.
“I can’t explain how great it is to
have all this. I am very proud of it"’
Reynolds said. “For years, all I
could do was write and play. Now
I’m working on my recording skills.
“It’s frustrating, though, because
I don’t have the time to record
everything I write. If I could be up
here eight or 10 hours a day, maybe
then I could. Getting a song on tape
takes twice as long when you have to
“Now I’m a communication
major so that even if I never
make it in music, I’ll be able
to work in an area close to
music. I would like to open a
recording studio as a
business or manage other
bands.”
—Gary Reynolds
engineer all the controls and
everything.”
Over the years, Reynolds has writ-
ten enough poems and songs to fill 10
spiral notebooks. He says he wrote
most of them while he was attending
the University of Texas a few years
ago.
“When I was at UT, all I did was
write, play guitar and party with my
fraternity,” he said. “That ruined
my grades, and that’s why I had to
come back home.
“I was an English major for a
while because I wanted to write
short stories, but then I figured that
I didn’t have to have an English
degree to write,” he said.
“Now I’m a communication major
so that even if I never make it in
music, I’ll be able to work in an area
close to music. I would like to open a
recording studio as a business or
manage other bands.”
“Right now, I have 28 songs
recorded that are all new, and I’m
putting together tapes of the four
best songs and sending them to
record companies,” Reynolds said.
“I have a local radio station helping
me out too. ”
His revamped rendition of The
Cretins performs revivalist sounds
of 1960s psychedelia and late-1970s
punk. The group backed up Scott
McGill last weekend on the Perch
stage in the Setzer Student Center.
LU Briefs
Delta Sigma Pi plans dance
Delta Sigma Pi will hold its fall “Rose Ball” and banquet Saturday,
beginning at 7 p.m., S. Lovelady, historian for Delta Sigma Pi, said.
The ball will be held at Moncla’s Catering Center on M. L. King
Parkway.
CSI plans initiation
Collegiate Secretaries International will hold initiation ceremonies
Monday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the Methodist Center, Tina L. Gordon,
vice president of CSI, said.
New members will be given the oath and presented with CSI pens and
certificates of membership.
AMA schedules meeting
The American Marketing Association will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. in
108 Setzer Student Center, Joshua Davis, vice president of advertising
and promotion for AMA, said.
The group will discuss the development of advertisements for the
baseball team, Davis said.
Talent show set for Nov. 24
Alpha Phi Omega will sponsor a talent show Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 7
p.m., Lester Whiteing, spokesperson, said.
The event will be held in the Setzer Student Ballroom and proceeds will
be donated to the Harold H. Thomas Memorial Scholarship, Whiteing
said.
For further information, telephone Whiteing at 880-8007.
TSEA to hold picnic today
The Texas Student Education Association will hold a sack lunch picnic
today at 12:15 p.m. in the Gazebo, Sharon Duke, spokesperson, said.
Members are asked to bring a sack lunch and drink.
On Wednesday, TSEA will hold a general meeting in the Beaumont In-
dependent School District board room, 3395 Harrison, at 3:30 p.m.
O.C. “Mike” Taylor, superintendent of the Beaumont Independent
School District, will be guest speaker. His topic will be “The Changing
Role of Teachers.”
Ex-POWs to meet ,
The Golden Triangle Chapter of Ex-POWs will meet Saturday at 2 p.m.
at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 797, located at 710 Main St.
Linda A. Lisa, supervisory medical administration specialist, Veterans
Administration Out-patient Clinic, Beaumont, will be guest speaker, C.F.
Hawthorne, information committee, said.
For more information, telephone American ex-prisoners of war adju-
tant at 886-2204.
Deadline for submitting announcements for LU Briefs is noon of the
day one week prior to publication. Priority is given to upcoming events.
Announcements listing appointment of officers and members of organiza-
tions will be published as space permits. No exceptions. Press release
forms are available for organization reporters in the University Press of-
fice, 200 Setzer Student Center.
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Alumnus Brent Bost is a life member of the Lamar Alumni
Association and serves on the Association’s Board of Directors.
Professionally, he has established a private practice in Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Infertility in Beaumont.
After graduating from .French
High, 1975, Bost attended Lamar to
receive his B.S. in both Biology and
Chemistry in 1978. While at Lamar,
he was a drum major for two years;
member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor
Society; Blue Key Honor Fraterni-
ty; American Chemical Society;
BBB Biology Society and Kappa
Sigma Fraternity.
Bost then attended Baylor School of Medicine
medical doctorate in 1981. At Baylor, he was the medical student
"body president; president of the 1981 graduating class and won the
Upjohn Award for outstanding Clinical Performance in 1981.
After completing his residency at Baylor University Medical
Center in Dallas, Bost returned to Beaumont in 1985 to establish his
private practice.
Bost is currently on staff at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Baptist
Hospital of Southeast Texas and Beaumont Medical/Surgical
Hospital.
A member of the Jefferson County Medical Society, he also
belongs to Southwest Gynecological Society and Beaumont
Academy of Medicine and other medical organizations.
Bost is presently taking business classes at Lamar. He is married
to LaNell Bost. Tliey have two children, Amanda and Neal.
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