University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, October 20, 2000 Page: 2 of 6
six pages : ill. ; page 23 x 14 in.View a full description of this newspaper.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
University Press • Friday, October 20, 2000 • Page 2
Watson
Continued from page 1
research courses taught there.
Born in Chicago in 1928,
Watson earned a bachelor of sci-
ence degree from the University
of Chicago in 1947, and a Ph.D.
from Indiana University in 1950.
After a National Research
Fellowship in Copenhagen and a
National Foundation of Infantile
Paralysis Fellowship at the
University of Cambridge in
England, he spent two years at
the California Institute of Tech-
nology. He joined the Harvard
faculty in 1955 and became a
professor in 1961, resigning in
1976 to become full-time director
of Cold Spring Harbor Labora-
tory.
Watson has received many
honors, including the John
Collins Warren Prize of the
Massachusetts General Hospital
(1959); the Eli Lilly Award in
Biochemistry (1960); the Albert
Lasker Prize, awarded by the
American Public Health Asso-
ciation (1960); the Research
Corporation Prize (1962); the
John J. Carty Gold Medal of the
National Academy of Sciences
(1971); the Presidential Medal of
Freedom (1977); the Copley
Medal of the British Royal
Society (1993); the Charles A.
Dana Distinguished Achieve-
ment Award in Health (1994);
Lomonosov Medal, Russian
Academy of Sciences (1995); and
the National Medal of Science
awarded by the National Science
Foundation (1997).
Committee
Continued from page 1
“We will meet in the Qua-
drangle, and there will be food
and music,” he said.
Two goals of the committee
are getting students to take pride
in the campus and making it
more appealing to prospective
and current students, he said.
“We may develop other
ideas during the year, but right
now cleanliness is the order of
the day,” he said.
Brentlinger said that re-
sponse to the committee has
been good.
Blood
Continued from page 1
Molly’s brother, Adam, was
born through test-tube fertilization
over the summer after his parents
genetically screened and selected
an embryo to make sure he would
be free of Molly’s disease and
would be a suitable tissue donor.
It was the first-known case in
which parents created a baby
genetically selected to help save a
sibling’s life.
Molly’s mother, Lisa Nash,
said Molly loves to dance, but had-
n’t felt like dancing for around six
months, until now.
“The other night she and I
were playing in her room and a
song came on and she got on the
floor and started dancing,” she
said. And that was when we knew
that this was the right thing to have
done.”
Without the transplant, Fan-
coni anemia would almost certain-
ly kill Molly by the time she is 35, if
not decades sooner, because she
was unable to create her own bone
marrow.
Gay ban in Boy Scouts
begets public backlash
NEW YORK (AP) — For 90
years, the Boy Scouts have
helped foster togetherness and
civic pride. Over the past few
months, in communities across
America, they have become a
catalyst for conflict.
In June, the Supreme Court
upheld the Scouts’ ban on gay
Scout leaders. Denouncing that
policy as discriminatory, numer-
ous school boards, city councils,
corporations and charities have
halted or reduced support for the
Scouts.
Yet this fall there is increas-
ing evidence of a backlash
against that backlash. Parents,
business executives and conserv-
ative political groups are speak-
ing out against those who are
retaliating against the Scouts.
“People are absolutely out-
raged that they would consider
attacking the Boy Scouts,” said
Janet Folger, a conservative
activist in Florida with the
Center for Reclaiming America.
. “This time they’ve gone too
far, and it’s going to hurt them,”
she said of the Fort Lauderdale
City Commission’s decision to
cancel a grant to the Scouts.
“We’re going to be looking
to remedy this assault through
the electoral process.”
Elsewhere around the
country:
—In Tempe, Ariz., the City
Council reversed an attempt to
keep city workers’ donations
from going to the Scouts through
the United Way. The initial deci-
sion prompted a flurry of angry
calls and e-mails, and the city’s
openly gay mayor, Neil Giuliano,
is now targeted by a recall cam-
paign.
—In Kentucky, numerous
donors to the United Way of the
Bluegrass threatened to stop
contributions if the charity cut
off its funding to the Boy Scouts.
The United Way decided to con-
tinue supporting the Scouts.
—In Eugene, Ore., a school
district’s ban on Boy Scout
recruiting at schools was lifted
following vehement complaints.
The superintendent and school
board chairwoman apologized
for not seeking the opinion from
the public before the ban was
imposed.
—In Indiana, a conservative
organization is raising $17,000 to
help the Boy Scouts’ Hoosier
Trails Council offset the loss of
funding from the United Way of
Monroe County.
“People were not happy that
anyone would put a political
agenda ahead of helping boys,”
said Eric Miller, executive direc-
tor of Advance America. “May-
be we here in Indiana can send a
signal to other locations around
the country.”
■illllllilt'lIJnViliTIfli'irSS
TIAA-CREF provides
financial solutions to
last a lifetime.
Call us tor X
3 free
COnsultation 1
Building your assets is one thing. Figuring out
how those assets can provide you with a
comfortable retirement is quite another.
At TIAA-CREF, we can help you with both. You
can count on us not only while you're saving and
planning for retirement, but in retirement, too.
Just call us. We'll show you how our flexible range of
payout options can meet your retirement goals.
With TIAA-CREF,
you can receive:*
• Cash withdrawals
• Systematic or fixed-period payments’
• Interest-only payments
• Lifetime income payments**
• A combination of these
'"’Guaranteed by our claims-paying ability.
With TIAA-CREF, you benefit from something few
other companies can offer: a total commitment to
your financial well-being, today and tomorrow.
‘Note: Availability may depend on your employer's retirement
plan provisions contract. Under federal tax law, withdrawals
prior to age 5954 may be subject to restrictions, and may also be
subject to a 10% additional tax. Additional restrictions also
apply to the TIAA Traditional Annuity.
CREF GROWTH ACCOUNT1
26.70%
27.87-
26.60-
1 YEAR
AS OF 6/30/00
5 YEARS
6/30/00
SINCE INCEPTION
4/29/94
CREF Growth is one of many CREF variable annuities.
Ensuring the future
for those who shape it.”
1.800.842.2776
www.tiaa-cref.org
For more complete information on our securities products, please call 1.800.842.2733, ext. 5509, to request prospectuses. Read them carefully
before you invest. 1. Due to current market volatility, our securities products' performance today may be less than shown above. The invest-
ment results shown for CREF Growth variable annuity reflects past performance and are not indicative of future rates of return. These returns
and the value of the principal you have invested will fluctuate, so the shares you own may be more or less than their original price upon redemp-
tion. • TIAA-CREF Individual and Institutional Services, Inc. distributes the CREF and TIAA Real Estate variable annuities. • Teachers Personal
Investors Services, Inc. distributes the Personal Annuities variable annuity component, mutual funds and tuition savings agreements. • TIAA and
TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Co., New York, NY, issue insurance and annuities. • TIAA-CREF Trust Company, FSB provides trust services.
♦ Investment products are not FDIC insured, may lose value and are not bank guaranteed. © 2000 TIAA-CREF 08/03
n • •
airing
well®
Annual exposition promotes
healthier student lifestyles
On Thursday, the Lamar Student Health
Center hosted its Second Annual Health Fair in
the Setzer Student Center.
Booths and tables were set up at which stu-
dents were provided information about health
care options and given information about lead-
ing healthy lifestyles.
Sulphur, La., sophomore Jacquelyn Rena-
Lee, right, tried to walk a straight line wearing
goggles that distort vision and simulate drunk-
enness.
“It makes me feel dizzy,” she said.
Officer Jan Davis of the Lamar University
Police Department said this exhibit, part of a
DWI awareness program, was designed to
show the impairment experienced when drink-
ing and driving.
James Graham of the Lamar University
Sports Medicine Research Center, below at
left, performs an abdominal fat test on
Beaumont sophomore Ryan Byrv. The test cal-
culates an approximate body-fat percentage.
Photos by Kuntal Kotnis
60 BACKPACKING WITH LU OUTDOORS
3? Enchanted Rock
(Backpack/Rappel)
November 10-12
Students/Faculty/Staff—*35
Guests—*40
Cost includes transportation, permit fees, backpacks, tents, and sleeping bags.
HIKE THE GRAND CANYON
Grand Canyon, Az
November 18-26
Students/Faculty/Staff — $295
Guests — *315
Cost includes transportation, permit fees, backpacks, tents, and sleeping bags.
Ski Colorado
December 14-20
Ski the legendary champagne powder of Colorado’s second largest resort.
Meet us there:
Students/Faculty/Staff — $310
Guests —$325
Cost includes four day lift & five night condo
Drive with us:
Students/Faculty/Staff — $410
Guests — $430
Cost includes transportation and motel to Steamboat,
four day lift & five night condo
Space is limited, sign-up today! Sign-up between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. M-F.
For more information, call Rec Sports at 880-2376/880-8706
or come by 105 McDonald Gym and ask for Sean or WT
L n«.« tyi | TiKiiaiiiittii imM IN
W T
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View six places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Cobb, Joshua. University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, October 20, 2000, newspaper, October 20, 2000; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth500711/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.