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/^This is the last issue of
>^the University Press for
j the fall semester.
Publication resumes
Jan. 11.
University Press
Vol. 67, No. 26
Lamar University • Beaumont, Texas
Wednesday, December 5, 1990
4 Engineering II fire
. Building damages
total $1.4 million;
repairs uncertain
By Craig Clark
UP staff writer
The smell of smoke and damp,
l> "burned wood has mostly dissipated
from the old South Wing of the
^Engineering II Building which was
pjutted by fire Sept. 30.
The accidental fire, which was
attributed to an unforeseeable
, 'ombination of events in an ongoing
tperiment according to Beaumont
"re investigator Capt Brad Penisson,
destroyed the Civil Engineering
.esearch Support Lab and
I’hotographic Services. Heavy smoke
Ind water damage occurred in the
recently remodeled portion of the
building.
While the building has remained
In the condition in which the fire left
t, the personnel directly involved in
he use of the facility and the univer-
ity’s administration have been mov-
ng to facilitate a return to normal
operations.
Billy Franklin, Lamar-Beaumont
president, said that immediate atten-
tion is being focused on getting
everyone back into a renovated
space and getting the damaged por-
tion of the building removed.
According to Franklin, the total
damage estimate is roughly $1,432
million; however, there is no precise
riprojection on when a new wing or
replacement facility will be built.
jThe building of a new facility is
dependent upon fiscal assistance
I'rom the state.
“We have sent a material request
the office of the governor for
konies from the state’s emergency
Ind,”. Franklin sajd. .“The state has
not yet responded to the request.”
Gerald McCaig, director of the
physical plant, said that efforts are
being made to remove salvageable
equipment, raze the burned wing
and clean the new section of the
building.
Contracts to accomplish the tasks
have been awarded to three area
firms: the Jones Boys of Beaumont,
Manshack and Sons of Orange and
Shane’s Steamatic Service of
Beaumont. Total cleanup and
removal costs will amount to approx-
imately $181,860.
Heavy equipment is currently
being removed and transported to a
storage facility on campus by the
Jones Boys. The work is nearly com-
plete and will cost $5,100.
Once the remaining salvageable
equipment has been removed, the
building will be razed by Manshack
and Sons. Demolition of the wing,
including removal of slab, will cost
$38,760. The project is expected to
take approximately 25 days.
The most expensive of the con-
tracts is for the cleanup of the
remodeled portion of the building
which sustained heavy smoke and
water damage.
Shane’s Steamatic, which has
been awarded the $148,000 contract,
will remove the sooty film that has
coated all surfaces inside the build-
ing. They will also remove and clean
the water-damaged carpets. The pro-
cedure is expected to take approxii
mately six weeks.
McCaig responded to questions
about the building of a replacement
facility by saying that the state’s
Sm FIRE UPDATE, page 2
mem
Photo by Draw Lokor
Lisa Jardine, Beaumont freshman, helps load her tree.
Real Christmas trees
will join recyclables
A new program to be implement-
ed by Beaumont Recycles, a depart-
ment of Beaumont’s Solid Waste
Management, will recycle and put to
practical use a common form of holi-
day waste: Christmas trees.
Carol Mathews-Williams, recy-
cling coordinator for the City of
Beaumont, said the Christmas tree
recycling program was similar to pro-
jects held by cities such as Austin and
Corpus Christi. The city’s Parks and
Recreation Department will be col-
acting the trees at three of the city’s
parks during the month of January for
use as landscaping mulch. Residents
have only to drop the trees off at one
of the three locations:
“They can take them at any time
J to one of three parks, Sprott Park,
,-lagnolia Park or Rogers Park,”
'Mathews-Williams said.
Mathews-Williams said at any
time of the day people can bring
their old trees and leave them in a
pile at one of the locations.
The Parks and Recreation
Department will pick up the trees
once a day from Jan. 1 to Jan. 15.
Mathews-Williams said the pro-
gram’s sponsors hope that residents
will dispose of their trees through
the recycling project rather than by
the conventional method of curbside
disposal, although the curbside ser-
vice will still be operating.
Mathews-Williams said she
hopes to spread news of the program
by word of mouth, through the
media.
“1 plan to have a message put on
the water bills,” she said.
Beaumont Recycles was orga-
nized in January as part of the city’s
Solid Waste Management
Department.
Setting the holiday season
Photo by Draw Lokor
Lara Shamburger, Beaumont senior, prepares a shelf display of Christmas novelties at Bin &
Barrel, a local candy shop in Parkdale Mall.
Lamar seminar to attract students worldwide
By Stacey Ratcliff
UP staff writer
“Leadership in a Multi-Cultural
Society” will bring undergraduate
and graduate students from all over
the world to the Mid-Winter
Community Seminar Dec. 20 - 30.
The seminars are held in more
than 30 cities across the nation and
are sponsored by the United States
Agency for International
Development for international stu-
dents studying in the states.
“The purpose of the seminar is to
provide students with diversified
educational, social and cultural expe-
riences and to encourage cross-cul-
tural exchange and international
understanding,” Rita Gosch, admin-
istrative assistant.
The focus of the seminar, hosted
at Lamar by Dorothy Sisk, Conn
Chair for Gifted Education, and the
Center for Creativity, Innovation and
Leadership, will be on leadership as
it relates to the needs of a multi-cul-
tural city, which will be Beaumont,
and exploring methods for building
intercultural understanding and per-
sonal leadership.
The students that will be coming
represent 14 different countries.
They include Yemen, Niger,
Cameroon, Peru, Indonesia,
Swaziland, Belize, Thailand,
Botswana, Bolivia, Guatemala,
Pakistan, Uganda and Morocco.
The participants range in age
from their 20s to 40s. All of the par-
ticipants must speak English.
“The program schedule features
opportunities to discuss community
problems and solutions while experi-
encing the culture,” Gosch said.
They will be exposed to different
cultures, which include a variety of
ethnic groups: Asian, Indian, black,
Cajun and Hispanic
On their arrival, the participants
will be welcomed by Beaumont
Mayor Evelyn Lord and will spend
the rest of the day at City Hall with
community leaders.
Their itinerary will include a visit
to Spindletop Gladys City Boom
Town, a tour of the historical district
in Galveston, a performance of
Handel’s Messiah by the Houston
Symphony, an international talent
night and a homestay visit with an
area family.
They will also be involved in
many other social and cultural events.
Sisk will be coordinating the pro-
ject in which the participants will be
evaluating their own leadership abili-
ties and using various activities in
seminar sessions.
“Each participant will be spending
Christmas Eve afternoon and
Christmas Day with a host family to
better understand the American cul-
ture and traditions associated with
the holiday season,” Gosch said.
“We have about one-third of them
placed, but if anyone would like to
open their homes, we have many
more to be placed.”
The CCIL is also seeking addi-
tional opportunities for the partici-
pants to meet with professionals,
other international students arid
organizations.
The students will be available to
speak with groups, participate in
panels, talk shows or any other type
of dialogue. Arrangements can be
made through the CCIL office.
Anyone interested in being a
host family, sponsoring a meal or just
wanting to get involved should con-
tact Gosch at 880-8047 for details.
Graham, Segler named Kemble fall finalists
The two fall finalists for the C.
Robert Kemble Award have been
announced by the award selection
committee. They are Christopher
Graham, Beaumont computer science
major, and Karl R Segler, Port Arthur'
political science major.
Both will be honored along with
the spring finalists at the annual
award reception scheduled for March
23,1991.
Graham has been active as a sena-
tor-at-large in the Student
Government Association, treasurer
of Blue Key National Honor
Fraternity, Orientation Peer Adviser,
member of the Interfraternity
Council and co-chairman of alumni
participation for the 1989
Leadership Lamar Conference.
He is a member of Sigma Nu fra-
ternity, where he has held the posi-
tions of chaplain and treasurer, and
of the Order of Omega National
Greek Honor Society. He is social
chairman of Upsilon Pi Epsilon
Computer Science.
Graham was an instructor of C&l
1201 and was inducted into Phi Eta
Sigma Freshman Honor Society and
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor
Fraternity.
Segler is secretary of Blue Key
National Honor Fraternity and a rep-
resentative in the SGA. He served as
public relations chairman of the 1990
Leadership Lamar Steering
Committee.
He has been a member of the Big
Red Marching Band and Jazz Band
“B.” He has served as historian and
alumni liaison in Phi Mu Alpha
Sinfonia m u sic/rate rnity.
A member of Pi Sigma Alpha
Political Science Honor Fraternity,
he has served as president and vice
president. He was active in the
Lamar Political Science Forum as
vice president and chairman of the
planning committee.
Segler represented Lamar at the
Student Conference on National
Affairs and was an orientation peer
adviser.
UP Poll_i_-
LU speaks out on possibility of new draft
“I think it’s kind of scary
because there are so many people
whose lives are going to be
stopped. They won’t be able to
continue with school, or their work.
And if they have to go over there,
they might have to come back.
“It touches me a lot because
there are so many people I know,
because I’m 21 and I know a lot of
young men who could be shipped
over there and then there is even
the possibility of me being shipped
over there, because it’s not based
on sex any more.”
Kim Arrington
Beaumont senior
“I feel that the draft shouldn’t
be reinstated because we are not in
war, and I don’t think we will go to
Question: Some members of the government
have been speaking lately of ultimately hav-
ing to reinstate the draft because of deficien-
cies in the armed forces. What is your reaction
to this?
war, and there are hundreds of thou-
sands of troops over there now who
have nothing to do but sit in the
desert and wait. They are not doing
ariything but wasting our taxpayer’s
money.
“We have enough people over
there, and there is nothing going on.”
Erica Meyers
Dallas junior
“Well, first, I question why the
troops are over there in the first
place. I think our motives, priorities
and perspectives have gotten out of
place.
“I am not in favor of a draft'
because I am not in favor of the
United States having troops over
there.
“I would not fight if 1 were draft-
ed. Blacks don’t even have equklity
in America, yet we arc expected to
fight.
“Let’s look at the percentage of
the troops who are over there, 65
percent of them are black. That’s
b—s—• it’s government-planned,
genocide, to get rid of brothers.”
Danny Jackson
Orange senior
“I think that the necessary need
for a draft shows a lack of patrio-
tism, but it is something that we all
might have to deal with.
“Actually, 1 don’t believe in this
war. 1 think it is our selfish inter-
ests.
“I’m really caught in a crux
between my country and my
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