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University Press
Wednesday, November 7, 1990
Lamar University • Beaumont, Texas
Vol. 67, No. 20
Lamarissimo!
to feature
LU faculty
, An evening of diversified enter-
tainment is set for the second concert
of the Lamarissimo! series, featuring
15 of Lamar University’s faculty
musicians.
The department of music faculty
will paint a kaleidoscope of images
Thursday in the Julie Rogers
Theater.
“The recital’s diversification gives
us the ability to create different
images,” Betty Shine-Gale, coordina-
tor of the concert, said. “The selec-
tions are eclectic — jazz and operatic
arias to gospel and a piece from a
Chaplin film.”
“The concert will not only sound
beautiful, but will look beautiful,”
she said.
Two areas on the stage will be
prepared so that each musical num-
ber flows into the next, creating a
fast-paced musical experience, Shine-
Gale said. Each area will be isolated
with lighting so that the attention will
be focused.
A concert highlight, “Medley from
See LAMARISSIMO! page 3,
New cops on the block
Photo by Drew Loker
Twenty-nine cadets from Lamar University Regional Police Academy graduat-
ed Monday in ceremonies in the Dishman Art Gallery. They represented local
agencies including Jefferson, Hardin and Orange county sheriff offices and
Beaumont, Orange and Port Arthur police departments. Duke Gorris, Port
Arthur police chief, was the graduation speaker.
Student participation RHA goal
By Sonya Keeton
UP contributing writer
V Throughout the current semester,
the Residence Hall Association has
geared its programs and services
toward getting students involved in
campus activities. The organization
is ■ constantly seeking ways to
increase student participation as
leaders on campus, as well as sup-
porting more student and faculty
interaction.
The RHA has established a
Resident Awareness Program which
consists of a series of educational ses-
sions designed to aid students in
coping with the academic pressures
of college life. These sessions are
created as a result of the input of the
students.
“We want to supplement their
classroom experiences with educa-
tional opportunities outside the
classroom,” Bobby Williams, assis-
tant director of housing, said.
These sessions address topics
such as “How to Get the Most Out
of a Lecture,” presented by Patrick
Harrigan III, associate professor of
communications; “Current Evidence
in John F. Kennedy’s Assassination,”
presented by Victor Sims, associate
professor of sociology, social work
and criminal justice; and the last
RAP session, “Stress Management,”
on Nov. 19, presented by Martha
Hardie from the Health Center' and
Courtney Thornton, a counselor.
“I feel that these sessions will be
beneficial for students and will
accentuate the students’ educational
curriculum,” Williams said.
In designing programs for stu-
dents, RHA also works with other
campus organizations such as ARA
food service. Williams and Mike
Pettyjohn, director of food service,
are working together on a project to
encourage interacton between facul-
ty and students. The project concen-
trates on hosting visits of faculty
members to the main dining hall and
residence halls so that they may con-
verse with the students, establish a
rapport and address the needs and
concerns of the students.
LU-Beaumont President Bill
Franklin is one of the participants in
this project. Franklin will have
breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Friday in the
main dining hall.
“In sponsoring the visits of the
faculty, we hope to learn of the stu-
dents' needs and concerns so that we
will be more knowledgeable of the
areas at Lamar University that need
to be addressed,” Williams said.
One of the activities that the
members of RHA are currently
involved in is the school/business
partnership, in which the members
are asked to adopt a school. The
RHA members adopted MaeArthur
Middle School. Twenty members
volunteer their services to tutor the
students in their studies.
Because of RHA’s involvement in
this program, they received a certifi-
cate of award on Oct. 18 from the
■ Beaumont Independent School
District for being a partner in the
School Volunteer Program.
Toni Brown, president of RHA,
received the award on behalf of the
organization.
In celebration of Halloween,
RHA sponsored a Halloween dance
and costume contest for residents
and LU students on Oct 30 from 9
p.m. to midnight at Brooks-Shivers
dining hall.
Door prizes were given from
Beaumont Schwinn Cyclery, Crazy
Jose’s, Crossroads Bowling Center,
Fashion Fancy’s, Forever Yours
Florist, The Olive Garden Italian
Restaurant, Puttin1 Around, Sound
Castle, Today’s Video and UA
Phelan 6 Theater.
“We are trying to get the students
involved in RHA activities and to
attend our meetings,” Brown said.
Scholarships are also given to
incoming freshmen with SAT scores
of 1,000 or better and strong leader-
ship skills.
“We want to encourage our stu-
dent leaders to become involved in
the various opportunities provided
by life on campus and thus motivate
others to become involved as well,”
Williams said.
Local agencies offer services to students
By Brad Wills
UP news/features editor
If The Student Council on Family
Relations is sponsoring a Social
Service Fair in the Setzer Student
Center Arbor today from 9 a.m. to 2
The objective of the fair is to
acquaint the student body with
agencies and the services they have
to offer students in the Golden
Triangle, Kim Pryor, president of the
Student Council on Family
Relations, said.
The fair, titled “Healthy Families
Seek Help,” is supported by the
Lamar Home Economics Association
and the Lamar Vocational Home
Economics Teachers Association of
Texas Student Section.
Tables in the arbor are being pro-
vided for the 23 organizations partici-
pating, and videos will be shown by
selected groups. Posters, pamphlets
and information will be available
through volunteers working at the
tables.
“We were hoping 10 organizations
would participate, but the response
has been excellent,” Pryor said.
Organizations that were not con-
tacted by mail, Pryor said, heard
about the fair from other organiza-
tions and called Lamar to ask to par-
ticipate.
Organizations such as the Texas
Department of Human Services, the
Consumer Credit Counseling
Servic- and the Rape and Suicide
Crisis Center will focus on family-
related topics, provide information
and offer referrals to concerned stu-
dents.
The home economics department
is spearheading the event and will
also have a table set up in the arbor,
Pryor said.
“The home ec department will
have brochures available showing the
different aspects of the department,”
Pryor said. “It’s not just cooking and
sewing anymore.”
Many organizations that talked
with Pryor believed that the Lamar
student population consisted mostly
of young adults, 18 to 21 years old.
“We have many married people at
Lamar, many married people with
children, even grandparents,” Pryor
said. “We want to show these organi-
zations what Lamar is made up of.”
TV, rotting of the brain linked, critic warns
LOS ANGELES (AP) — How
boring is television?
Television is so boring, according
to Alan Caruba, that it rots your
brain,"leads to drug and alcohol
addiction, encourages divorce and
speeds society’s demise. .
From his home in Maplewood,
N.J., the 53-year-old Caruba founded
The Boring Institute in 1984.
Intended as a spoof of the much-
hyped entertainment world, the
institute publishes yearly lists of the
most boring celebrities, the most bor-
ing films and “Fearless Forecasts of
TV’s Fall Flops.”
Caruba knows a lot about hype.
For 20-plus years he has been in the
public relations business (his real
job), and before that he was a jour-
nalist
“I certainly have a very fine sense
of hype,” Caruba says in a phone
interview from his home, which he
has shared with his parents for most
of his bachelor life. “It’s almost as if
■I’m the doctor of hype.”
When it comes to television pre-
“Television is addicting. It encourages people to abandon
their lives and live vicariously through this emptiness on TV.”
—Alan Caruba
dictions, the doctor is in. Most of
the time, anyway.
This fall’s picks as the best of
the worst;
“E.A.R.T.H. Force,” “Family
Man,” “Sons and Daughters” and
“Uncle Buck” on CBS;
“Lifestories,” “Ferris Bueller,”
“Parenthood,” “The Fanelli Boys”
and “Hull High” on NBC; “Cop
Rock” and “Going Places” on ABC;
and “D.E.A.,” “Parker Lewis Can’t
Lose” and “Beverly Hills, 90210"
on Fox Broadcasting Co.
“E.A.R.T.H. Force” has been
canceled after three episodes. “Sons
and Daughters” probably won’t
make it onto the small screen until
next year. The rest of Caruba’s can-
cellation predictions have yet to
materialize, but the shows’ ratings
are lackluster.
Like Mr. Blackwell’s annual
“Worst Dressed” list, Caruba’s cata-
log punctures some of the biggest
egos in Hollywood. Among last year’s
most boring celebs: Cher, Zsa Zsa
Gabor and Roseanne Barr.
Among last year’s TV cancellation
predictions: “Peaceable Kingdom”
(axed), “Baywatch” (gone) and
“Sister Kate” (outta here).
Caruba says he has never heard a
word from anyone at any of the net-
works about his yearly forecast. “I am
widely and universally ignored by
the networks in terms of their pro-
grammers.”
Not one would comment on
Caruba’s list for this column.
But Caruba has more in mind
than just poking fun at television and
celebrities. He believes that boredom
causes most of society’s ills.
When it comes to television,
Caruba says, the boob tube is not only
boring in its mediocrity, it is a drug.
“Television is addicting,” he says.
“It encourages people to abandon
their lives and live vicariously
through this emptiness on TV.”
And though the mind seemingly
zones out while watching the small
screen, in reality heavy TV viewing
“creates a constant state of tension,”
Caruba says. “Television’s real secret
message is that the viewer is some-
how inadequate. There’s something
wrong with the viewer’s life because
they’re not a superstar, they’re not
rich and famous.”
Does Caruba like anything on
television?
Well, yes. He likes “Murphy
Brown” and “Major Dad” on CBS.
Television is not all bad, he
emphasizes. When watched selective-
ly, it is just fine. When viewed con-
stantly, it is a real bore.
Graduating on time
Working takes
top priority in
students' lives
By Stacey Ratcliff
UP staff writer
Attitudes of students have
changed dramatically in recent years
when it comes to the amount of
hours they are taking in a semester
and their plans to graduate in four
years.
According to U.S. Department of
Education records, a 1980 national
sample of more than 1,000 entering
college freshmen indicated that 22
percent graduated within 4.5 years; a
similar survey conducted in 1972
showed that 31 percent graduated
within the same period. •
In 1982, approximately 14 percent
of Lamar freshmen graduated in four
years, and 21 to 23 percent graduated
in six years.
The most common reason given'
by students is the fact that they must
work.
“I think the demands of a good
many of our students’ personal lives,
like their families and obligations,
keep them from being full-time stu-
dents,” Elmer Rode, dean of records
and registrar, said.
The mean average age of a Lamar
student is 27.
“This means that we have
approximately 6,000 to 7,000 stu-
dents who are traditionally-aged
undergraduate students, and the
remaining portion of our population
are nontraditionally-aged,” Joseph
Kavanaugh, associate vice president
and dean of students, said.
Two-thirds of Lamar students-
work 10 to 15 hours a week, and-one-
third work 30 hours or more a week.
“Even though I have scholarships,
I still need to work to pay for the rest
of my school expenses and my other
bills,” Kristi Ehrensberger,
Beaumont senior, said.
Another factor is the students that
come to college without knowing
what to declare as their majors. In the
fall of 1989, 11 percent were unde-
cided. This ultimately keeps them in
school longer.
Rode said that probably the great-
est impact is going to be felt when-
Elmer Rode
the results of the TASP test, which
started last year, are examined.
“To a great extent they will have
their courses reduced by the fact
they did not pass all of the parts of
the test,” Rode said. “They will
have to take remedial courses;
therefore, it will take them longer.”
In some cases, if the student
does not go to summer school, he
may n.ot graduate in four years.
Most students go to summer school
just to catch up because of the
amount of hours it takes to get a
degree. The students sometimes
must take more classes to get the
knowledge they will need to be suc-
cessful.
Also, the pressure from society to
graduate in four'years is not as
strong as it used to be. Generally
students feel that it is not a disgrace
to go to school longer. Staying in
school longer for some students
means a better education and possi-
bly better jobs; the student acquires
more skills and is therefore more
marketable to the public.
In the future, students may feel
less pressure to “hurry and gradu-
ate.” Instead, the advice may be to
get what one needs in order to be
successful even if that means not
graduating in four years.
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Photo by Drew Loker
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Robert Lynch, employee of Watkin
Construction, uses a sledge hammer to break o,'
windows of the Wimberly Student Services
Building. The building is undergoing extensive
renovation and is expected to be completed
within a year. After completion, the building is
expected to look much like the Lucas
Engineering Building.
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