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Homecoming finale
Athletics
In competition
The Concert and Symphonic bands will play at 3
Lamar hurdler Yamelis Ortiz named track All-
Two engineering students honored by the
p.m. Sunday in Setzer Student Center Ballroom.
American.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Serving Lamar University and the community for 74 years
Vol. 74, No. 35
Homecoming bonfire and parade to put event in full swing
Tonya Andris
UP editor
Homecoming celebration time, to
paraphrase Kool and the Gang, comes
on full force today and Saturday as
activities reach their zenith.
The Lamar baseball team will begin a
four-game home stand at Vincent-Beck
Stadium against Michigan State today.
Coach Jim Gilligan has scheduled single
games at 2 p.m. today, a doubleheader
at 1 p.m. on Saturday and a single game
at 2 p.m. Sunday.
A pre-bonfire party will begin at 5:30
p.m. today in Parking Lot 1 near
Cardinal Stadium. This will be followed
at 7 p.m. with a pep rally and the light-
ing of the bonfire.
After the pep rally and bonfire, activ-
ities will move to the SSC Ballroom for
a gupibo supper at 8 p.m., featuring
entertainment by the Cardinal Singers
and the Lamar Jazz bands.
Festivities are scheduled all-day long
Saturday, beginning with the homecom-
ing parade set to start at 11 a.m.
The parade will form in the
Montagne Center parking lot, progress
down East Virginia to Rolph
Christopher Drive and then take Iowa
Street to University Drive. The parade
will then progress down University and
end near the intersection of East
Lavaca.
John Almon, homecoming committee
chairman, said the homecoming commit-
tee is seeking floats, antique cars and
other participants for the parade and
that entries will be taken until the day of
the parade. However, those entering
now have missed the deadline to be. con-
sidered for prizes.
Nineteen student organizations were
entered in the banner contest and 15 in
the bulletin board contest, sponsored by
Lamar Alive! Winners were announced
at Cardinal Craze Thursday, sponsored
by the Lamar Bookstore.
These will be announced in
Wednesday’s UP, along with winners of
other contests.
Valarie Durham, SSC assistant direc-
tor for student organizations, said the
number of participants is significantly
higher than those in last year’s contest.
“I am very proud of all of the student
organizations that participated in the
bulletin board and banner contests,”
she said. “The contests provide an
excellent opportunity for student orga-
nizations to get involved in homecom-
ing festivities.”
Banner contest winners will receive
$100 for first place, $75 for second place
and $50 for third place. Bulletin board
contest winners will receive free SSC
bulletin board rental for the 1998-99
academic year. Both contests were
judged on creativity, neatness and
adherence to theme.
The banners, she said, will be hung in
the SSC throughout homecoming week.
After the parade Saturday, Quad
Dayz, Almon said, is slated for noon at
the Montagne Center. The event will
feature food, novelty booths and games
— activities for the entire family.
See FEVER, page 4
‘G-Sharp’
Hoax makes
going flat easy
for students
Todd Sonnier
UP managing editor
O’Brien Stanley, LUTV station manager,
said that during the spring 1997 semester a
woman claiming to be a producer from Black
Entertainment Television called the Lamar
televisiofi Studio and spoke to then station man-
ager Gary Brewton about an upcoming episode
of BET’s program “Teen Summit.”
The woman, who identified herself as Calista
Thomas, said the producers of the show were
looking for tapes from programs produced by
college students around the country to be fea-
tured on an upcoming episode of “Teen
Summit” about the current state of student
broadcasting.
Brewton sent BET a tape of “G-Sharp,” a
music video and entertainment program pro-
duced by Gordon Williams and hosted by
Shomari Franks and Sherell Harrell.
“G-Sharp” reporters Tonya Brown, Valerie Simpson and Latina Robertson sit behind the
LUTV anchor desk as producer Gordon Williams and host Shomari Franks look on.
Stanley said Thomas called back in January
and said the BET producers were impressed
with the tape of “G-Sharp.”
“She said they wanted to bring Gordon,
Sherell, Shomari and I to Washington for a
show in February,” Stanley said. “She said they
were coming with a B-roll crew on Jan. 30 to get
footage of the studio and the crew at work.”
Stanley said Thomas called unexpectedly on
Jan. 14 and said she and the show’s host, Prince
Dajour, were in Beaumont early because the
college they were scheduled to meet with had
See G-SHARP, page 2
Harrigan
appointed
department
chairperson
Patrick Harrigan has been appoint-
ed head of the department of commu-
nication by Jimmy Simmons, dean of
the College of Fine Arts and
Communication.
Harrigan had served as interim
chair for four years prior to the
appointment.
Harrigan said he would like to con-
tinue to see the
department grow in
all areas — specifi-
cally in the televi-
sion program.
“We are
looking into devel-
oping a 16mm film
program because
Patrick there has been an
Harrigan interest by the stu-
dents,” he said.
“This is one area we would like to see
developed.”
Other improvements he would like
to make in the department involve
beefing up the journalism program
and adding more Lamar student pro-
gramming on Channel 7.
In addition, Harrigan said, a com-
mittee has been established to bring
back the master’s degree in communi-
cation program and seek accreditation
of the program within the Association
of Education in Journalism and Mass
Comm unication.
See HARRIGAN, page 2
Texas Job Fair scheduled
Tuesday at U of H campus
Tonya Andris
UP editor
The Texas Job Fair will be held at the
University of Houston Feb. 24 from 1 p.m. to
6 p.m. in the school’s University Center.
Ashley Jung, job development specialist
with the Career Center, said the event is open
to all Lamar University students and alumni.
Representatives from more than 100
emplqyers in business, industry, non-profit
organizations, government and education will
be in attendance.
“This will be an ideal opportunity for stu-
dents to market their skills and credentials to
prospective employers,” she said. “The
impressive list of recruiters attending this fair
includes Microsoft, IBM, Conoco, Browning-
Ferris Industries, Vinson & Elins, L.L.P. and
Enron Corp.”
Jung said Lamar students are especially
encouraged to attend the fair because it pro-
vides a chance to learn about job opportuni-
ties as well as the general job market.
Students are recommended to bring plenty
of r6sum6s and to dress in business attire, she
said.
Graduating students looking for full-time
work, she said, can use the fair to search for
entry level positions. Other students can also
See FAIR, page 2
Huntsville meeting
SGA taking fee
concern to board
Sylvia Streeter
UP staff writer
The Student Government
Association voted Tuesday on
several proposals introduced at
previous meetings which were
scheduled to be presented at
the Board of Regents meeting
at Sam Houston State
University * in Huntsville
Thursday and today .
“Every year about this time
a proposal for fees comes up at
the Board of Regents meet-
ing,” John Almon, SGA presi-
dent, said. “We’re pretty confi-
dent that whatever the stu-
dents want, we can work on
with the regents.”
A fee that the SGA voted
not to support is the Study
Abroad Fee which has been
proposed by the university.
The fee would be compulsory
to all students but will benefit
only a few, members of the the
SGA said. According to the
resolution, the Study Abroad
Fee will do little to promote
student life at Lamar. SGA
suggests that students do not
want the university to create
the Study Abroad Fee.
A second proposal passed
by SGA pertains to students
enrolled in Lamar University
that have or use e-mail
accounts for daily communica-
tion. SGA believes the plat-
form that currently serves the
system is not as user friendly as
Windows 95, and this lack of
ease causes many students not
to apply for and use accounts
for e-mail purposes. Most of
these students have to pay
additionally for their e-mail
services.1 • *
Angelo State University
uses a system of e-mail alias-
ing, the proposal reads, which
allows students to provide their
own e-mail name if they wish.
The SGA recommends that
the university incorporate a
system of e-mail aliasing into
the e-mail system of Lamar
that is similar to the one used
by Angelo State.
In other action Tuesday, the
SGA discussed and voted on a
proposed resolution not sup-
porting an increase in the
General Use Fee. The propos-
al argued that students pay var-
ious fees to the school which
are an important source of
funding to the university. The
proposal contended there is no
need for increased revenue for
this purpose and that the cost
of attending Lamar continues
to increase. The vote against
the fee increase did not pass,
however.
The same situation applied
to a proposal by the SGA not
. recommending implementing a
writing center fee proposed by
the university.
According to the resolution,
there has been no additional
student interest in funding the
writing center at a higher level.
The proposal recommended
that Lamar not implement a
writing center fee.
When put to a vote, the pro-
posal did not carry.
“Students, whether they’re
in SGA or not, should come to
the next meeting.” Almon said.
“We would like their input
because we are doing this work
for them (the students).”
The Student Government
Association meets Tuesdays
, on the eighth floor of Gray
Library at 3:30 p.m.
After 27 years
Prof has Lamar’s number
Editor’s note: This is the second in a
series of articles commemorating
Black History Month.
A woman who loves what she does
for a living and who she does it with.
That is the impression people get
when they meet Vemice Monroe,
associate professor of social work. .
One of the first black professors at
Lamar, she has been a fixture on cam-
pus for more than 27 years.
Monroe came to Lamar in the fall
of 1970 with her husband, Claude, who
taught in the economics department.
Even though there were already
black students and staff on campus,
there were no black professors, she
said.
“Well, I can speak for me,” she
said. “I think I had some students who
were surprised because this was the
first time. There had been the integra-
tion of Lamar University as far as the
See MONROE, page 3
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