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Friday, February 25,2005 University Press Page 2
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“America: just a nation of two hundred million used car
salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no
qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to
make us uncomfortable.”
Hunter S. Thompson
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GIBSON
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was the first black named the Associated Press
Female Athlete-of-the-Year twice, one in 1957 and
the next in.1958.
Again she won at Wimbledon and Forest Hill
with several different partners at the U.S
Championship, Women’s doubles at Wimbledon
and the mixed doubles at Forest Hill. In 1958, she
won Wimbledon once more and her third consec-
utive Wimbledon women’s double title.
“She was able to win when she was the only
person who looked like her.” Gray said. “No one
was around. No body. No body in the locker
room, no body when she told her story. No body.
You have to remember she played with three dif-
ferent partners when she won and Venus and
Serena play with each other.”
“Her singles record at the Grand Slams
events,” according to Espn.com, “was an impres-
sive 53-9 -16-1 at Wimbledon, 27-7 at the U.S., 6-
0 at the French and 4-1 at the Australian.”
“When she won, it was like all the black peo-
ple had won. It was for the whole mass of folks,
not just for the one,” Gray said. “She was the
‘People’s Champion’.”
She was inducted into the International
Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971 and was appointed
the New Jersey state commissioner of athletics
four years later. After leaving this job she contin-
ued to work in other public service positions.
Not only did Gibson excel at tennis. She
played basketball and became the first African
American woman to play in the Ladies
Professional Golf Association, but this was after
her retirement from tennis and she was too old to
be successful.
“She needs to be remembered for more than
being a tennis player.... She was a business
woman,” Gray said. “She is the African American’
mother of tennis because of her accomplishments
and contributions with her racket toward and in
the Civil Rights Movement.”
Gibson died on Sept. 28,2003, from respira-
tory failure in East Orange, N.J., at the age of 76.
“I don’t want to be put on a pedestal.”
Gibson once said, “I just want to be reasonably
successful and live a normal life with all the con-
veniences to make it so. I think I’ve already got
the main thing
I’ve always wanted, which is to be somebody,
to have an identity. I’m Althea Gibson, the tennis
champion. I hope it makes me happy.”
Gibson, con-
gratulated by
Darlene Hard,
after defeat-
ing her in the
Wimbledon
finals in
1957.
Photo
courtesy of
The Althea
Gibson
Foundation
Sources:
The Althea Gibson Foundation: www.altheagibson.com
www.espn.com
“Famous African Americans in' History” by Louise Gikow and
Sibban McGowan.
Althea Gibson, Women's History and Quotes:
http://www.aboutcom
BrainyEncyclopedia. com
Interview with Frances Clayton Gray, “The Authorized Biography of
Althea Gibson”
TUITION
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PROCEDURE
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designed to support.
“Different fees are designated to different
areas,” Smith said. “We sell bonds to get money to
pay the builders, and the fees are used to pay the
bonds off.”
Although tuition raises will continue to
increase slightly, Lamar plans to keep the cost of
higher education affordable to its students.
“We’re not out to make money. We want to pro-
vide first and foremost a quality education for our
students.” Smith says.
“But to provide a quality education, we have to
charge students. We have to find the balance.”
“It’s a pretty good plan,” Ferguson
said, “ and quite a bit of thought went
into it.”
The plan was so satisfactory that it
has only undergone annual updates, he
said.
“We really didn’t see a need to do
anything different,” he said.
The emergency procedures should
cover all incidents, he said.
Lamar has always tried to be a good
neighbor and work with the refineries
and local emergency management
organizations, he said.
One of the chemical plants will be
donating $2,600 to help install warning
systems by the Montagne Center and the
Physical Plant, he said.
When something occurs, the admin-
istration notifies the faculty and, staff
and in turn they notify their students, and
the police department will be deployed
around campus to notify anyone still
here, he said.
When on campus, dial extension
8311 for all emergencies.
HOUSE
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life at Lamar, wijl begin at 9 a.m. with
workshops on topics including tips for
college, housing, financial aid and reg-
istration, Rush said.
At 10 a.m. parents are invited to
ihave coffee and chat with Lamar pres-
ident, Jimmy Simmons. Later in the
day, students can attend a student
organization fair and enjoy a perform-
ance by entertainer Travelin’ Max who
is a mainstay on the Spring Break cir-
cuit, Rush said.
This is a great chance for potential
students and parents alike to come to
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the Lamar campus and talk to stu-
dents, faculty and staff about the uni-
versity and what it has to offer, Rush
said.
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Lamar and the many departments brio
that make up the university will benoq
open on Saturday to cater to the nefeds
of potential students and parents, Rush
said.
“We try to make 100 percent of
the services at Lamar available,” Rush
said. “We want the parents to truly see , (
where their kid is going to college.”
Rush said that many parents who .
attended previous Open House events'
still call him today to thank him fbj:
being so welcoming and friendly. 1
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said, “But from out-of-state as well;”;
Guests who attend the Open
House will receive a free ticket tp the.Hjriijq
p.m. Lamar basketball game agaipst
Southland Conference foe,:
Houston State. The two top Open •
House prizes, a year of tuition and, ,a
year of room and board, will.jbe
announced at the 1 p.m. men’s game.
For more information, call Rush at
880-8354 or 880-8316.
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