University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1998 Page: 1 of 6
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We love what you do for us
Newcomers Lewis Arline and Talia Goudy have Cardinal fans
kicking their heels.
Page 5
Fall back
Remember that the time changes at 2 a.m.
Sunday. Run your clocks back one hour or you
might be running early for once.
University Press
Friday, October 23,1998
A Three-Time. Associated Press Texas Managing Editors Award Winner
Vol. 75, No. 15
Organization promotes alcohol awareness
First of three
Housing director finalist
to interview,
Jennifer Turner
UP staff writer
The search committe for a
director of housing at Lamar has
harrowed candidates to three
finalists and - will - -twang-- J«dd-
Hefner to campiS' for mtervieM
Monday through Wednesday. He
is the first of the three to inter-
view.
Howard Perkins, committee
chair, said that the position was
advertised nationally.
“There was a very good
response to our ad,” he said.
Perkins said the finalists seem
to be highly qualified for the job.
“From their resumes and the
checks of their references, they
appear to be very good candi-
dates for our position,” he said.
Kevin Malonson, president of
jhe Residence Hall Association
and a committee member, said he
agrees that all of the finalists
■would be well suited for the posi-
tion of housing director.
Oct. 26-28
“Hefner, as well as the other
finalists, meets the requirements
that the job calls for,” he said,.
“We will meet each candidate
and go from there in our selec-
tion.”
The housing director is respon-
sible for the whole residence halls
'Operations on the campus, includ-
ing personnel, budget, activities,
programming, maintenance, secu-
rity and discipline.
..Hefner, who is currently resi-
dential area coordinator for the
University Of Arkansas-Fayette-
ville, has had experience as hall
director at the University of
Tennessee and as New Student
Orientation Adviser at Eastern
Illinois University. He is active in
many professional organizations.
Hefner also volunteers his time to
the Northwest Arkansas Rape
Crisis Center and the United Way
of Washington County in that
state.
Hefner will arrive in Beau-
See SEARCH, page 2
San Diego natives Alex Mendoza, 19, Tony Mendoza, 20, and Ruben
Delgado, 24, are just a few of the many college students who travel to
-Mexico, where they can legally drink alcohol.
River Burton
UP staff writer
“I’ve had at least one blackout and I
couldn’t remember anything that happened
while I was drinking...”
This is just one of the statements students
will be considering and perhaps assigning a
check mark to as they take the “alcohol self-
test” that will appear on the back of fliers
being handed out today and next week.
These fliers will be followed by a seminar
at the Setzer Student Center, sponsored by
the Lamar University Student Organization
Services, on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m, in 210
SSC.
Guest speaker Stormy Cribb will be on
hand to share facts and. resources for people
interested in learning more about substance
abuse. Cribb, who i& a licensed dependency
counselor and community coordinator at the
drug center, was emphatic about her mis-
sion.
“I am coming to Lamar to educate people
with the facts about substance abuse,” she
said. “I don’t think young people in particu-
lar realize how debilitating and insiduous
drug abuse is. It’s important to focus on them
because they are shining stars of the future.”
Cribb will talk in detail, about different
kinds of drugs, the importance of the rela-
tionship between drug abuse and low self-
esteem, signs and symptoms of addiction,
and results of drug abuse. Cribb will also out-
line candidates at greater risk to become
abusers as well as teach them the method-
ologies of recovery.
Valarie Durham, assistant director of stu-
dent organization services, said the seminar
will coincide with the observance of the city
mayor’s Drug Free Commission 1998 Red
Ribbon campaign, which is supported by the
Beaumont Independent School District- She
said, she hopes for a big turnout at the cam-
pus seminar.
“We want everyone to attend, and we are
pushing for campus-wide participation,”
Durham said., “We expect our umbrella
organizations, such as the Student
Government Association, Lamar Alive!,
Panhellenic, Interfraternity Council and
Residence. Hall Association, to help us
encourage others to attend the seminar.
“So you’ll probably see signs going up in
the ‘Set’ and lots of fliers being passed out.
This is especially important because people
need to know that alcohol and drug addic-
tions are terrible diseases and carry serious
ramifications.”
According to 1997 Department of
Transportation statistics, “Alcohol continues
to be a significant contributor to traffic fatal-
ities and accidents in Texas.” Last year, 30.4
See ALCOHOL, page 6
Save tftf Jefferson
The Jefferson Theater in downtown Beaumont has ofte-ef-the -largest stages and orchestra pits in the
city When people are inside, they feel as if they are inThs midst of a Spanish courtyard.
See related photo story, page 4
Awareness Month
Breast cancer treatment involves options
U S. Rep. Kay Bailey Hutchinson speaks at the unveiling of
the breast cancer awareness stamp in Beaumont.
Billie Dorman
UP news editor
Editor’s note: This is the second
installment in a series of stories
marking the observance of Octo-
ber as Breast Cancer Awareness
Month,
All options should be carefully
considered by both the patient
-and physician in treating or man-
aging breast cancer.
After considering the optimal
-treatment for the stage and type of
cancer, the patient’s age, prefer-
ences, risks and benefits ascribed
to each treatment protocol,
Pauline Franks, American Cancer
Society administrative assistant,
said it is important for the patient
to take time to decide the proper
treatment.
She went on to say a second
opinion may be another option to
consider.
“Your doctor should not mind
you doing this,” Franks said “In
fact, some insurance companies
require you to get a second opin-
ion.”
Having tests done the second
time may not be necessary, she
said, since the results can often be
sent to the second doctor.
Breast cancer can be treated by
surgery, radiation therapy, sys-
temic therapy, chemotherapy,
endocrine treatment, random clin-
ical trials and autologous blood
stem cell and bone marrow trans-
plantation.
The main treatment for breast
cancer is'surgery, Franks said. The
purpose of surgery is to remove as
much of the cancer as possible. It
may be combined with other treat-
ments such as chemotherapy or
radiation therapy.
See AWARENESS, page 6
Beach cleanup slated for Saturday
Sylvia Streeter
UP staff writer
The Texas Adopt-a-Beach pro-
gram is scheduled for Saturday,
Texas Land Commis-sioner Gary
Mauro said.
A dozen dirty beaches along
the Texas coast have been
rescheduled for this second part
of the annual fall program that
was postponed by Tropical Storm
Frances.
Despite the postponement,
nearly 6,000 volunteers turned
out Sept. 19 to scour beaches from
Rockport to the Mexican border
in the 25th Texas Adopt-a-Beach.
-“Adopt-a-Beach volunteers
picked up 70 tons of trash and
marine debris, which was consid-
ered a good day’s work in view of
the weather curtailment,” Mauro
said. “In the 12 years of Adopt-a-
Beach, this is only the second time
we’ve had postponements due to
a storm.”
Mauro said the weather can’t
keep a good volunteer down, and
the hard working ones will hold
beach cleanups from 9 a.m. to
noon on Saturday.
“I urge Texans to join us for
See BEACH, page 2
Husselbee to address national SPJ convention
Karen Cochrum
UP staff writer
Eighteen years ago, Janet Cooke won the
Pulitzer Prize, the highest honor in journalism, for
her story about an 8 year-old heroin addict. It was
later discovered her story had been completely
fabricated. Her Pulitzer was revoked and her rep-
utation as a journalist was destroyed.
This instance has been cited by- Paul Husselbee,
Lamar University journalism professor, as the
prime example of a lack of journalism ethics.
This weekend, Husselbee will serve as modera-
tor and panelist on an ethics session at the nation-
al convention of the Society of Professional
Journalists in Universal City, Calif., titled “Janet
Cooke Revisited: Journalist Hoaxes in the 1990s
— And How to Avoid Them.”
Husselbee is currently the deputy chair for the
Ethics Committee of SPJ and is excited about his
role in the matter.
“I have a great interest in ethics. I teach, write
and lecture on ethics frequently. I do a lot of com-
menting on various cases throughout the coun-
try,” Husselbee said.
The main focus of the panel will be showing
editors how to stop hoaxes from happening.
“In this last year, ■'e’ve had several major
ho xes in journalism tnat have been exposed,”
Husselbee said.
A reporter for the New Republic was found to
have fabricated several things. A reporter for the
Boston Globe was found to have fabricated s over-
see HUSSELBEE, page 2
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