The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1969 Page: 2 of 12
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THE REDBIRD Oct. 3,1969-Page 2
Like It Is
There are some human rights
which appear more fundamental
to most people than any con-
stitution or bill of rights. Among
these is the right to choose one’s
place of residence.
However, the Lamar Tech ad-
ministration has “assumed the
responsibility* for providing
housing for unmarried under-
ASA Elects
Officers
The Afro-American Student
Association elected officers atits
first mass meeting Sunday.
Acting as temporary chairman,
Donald Pumphrey called the first
meeting to order and ASA as
an on-campus organization, was
into its second year.
Elected Prime Minister was
David Mitchell, sophomore bus-
iness major, and Charles Simien
a sophomore sociology major was
elected first lieutenant of the
organization.
Other officers are, Dolly Tex-
ada, director of finances, Laura
Sowell, Representative to the
House (SGA), and William James
Carter, director of public rela-
tions and spokesman.
Concerning the upcoming
second annual Black Week, the
organization set its fee for Black
Week at $4, which is due by Oct.
12 at the next mass meeting.
Also this year, the organization
is featuring the James Brown Re-
view during Black Week. The con-
cert is to be held in McDonald
Gym on' Wednesday' of Black
Week, Oct. 29.
William J. Carter, the Dire-
ctor of public relations, request
that all persons pay their Blade
Week fees before the Oct. 12
deadline.
By Ken Lewis
graduate students under 23 who
have not served one year in the
military and choose not to live
wiht immediate relatives.
According to school officials,
this policy is followed to assure
reasonable enough occupancy to
pay off the revenue bonds used
to finance construction of school
dorms. If such a policy is nec-
essary to fill the dorms, then a
financial mistake was made in
building them—but not a mis-
take which students should be
forced to pay for.
While the administration has
been realistic enough to over-
look violations of this antiquated
policy in the past, recent state-
ments show that the times of
realism and reason are finished.
Students are supposedly paying
for an education, not another
guardian.
The college must recognize
Its students as adults who, though
perhaps shorter on experience,
are subject to prosecution under
the same laws as the adminis-
tration and are old enough to
give their lives in defense of
their nation’s policy, It must
cease to overlook the fact that
many students have been self-
sufficient since high school grad-
uation or earlier.
A student’s place of residence
is in no way important to the
survival of an academic com-
munity, as the more progressive
colleges have so adequately
shown. Surely, the Adminis-
tration cannot deny that students
have attempted repeatedly in the
past years to bring about a change
in housing policies ^through leg-
ally constituted procedures and
channels.*
Will the Lamar Administration
coatinae to dictate such unrealis-
tic and unpopular policy without
regard to toe ethics involved?
The Redbird Staff
RCSdfif'S Priorities .questioned
In an age when this country’s priorities
MlftSPOlISC are °ften questioned, we feel the most ques-
« tionable of these is the multi-billion dollar
Dear Editor: military complex.
Ken Lewis read into toe admin- The late President Eisenhower warned of
istration statementon student be- increasing power of the Pentagon a few
havior something i missed. years before his death but it appears his
You don’t have to have riots J , , ,
to be a progressive campus. Nei- warning has gone unheeded.
ther is a statement prohibiting Currently the United States pours billions
disruptive activities an “ultima- and billions of precious dollars into military
turn against dissent.* i stm re- oases in the most remote regions of the world
member enough about high school which could be used for eradicating
to appreciate and respect the /
. ■ . v,•„», problems here in our country.,
joy at Lamar. When people in the United States, which
students, especially in a state prides itself on having the highest standard
college, cannot reasonable expect of living in the world, live from day to day,
to influence society without ac- not knowing from whence their next meal will
cepting some regulation from so- CQ or even if there will be a next meal,
without violence or coercion is then we feel there is a need for reform,
not an unreasonable regulation. In addition to draining the taxpayer, the
The longest step we can take military throws a blanket over young men,
to campus peace and progress is leaving them dangling in thought over how to
for both students and adminis- Dian their career
tration to stop thinking of each virtually impossible for a student to
other as The Enemy and pro- - J „ f , , ..
voking confrontations, lam con- plan his course of study without first enter-
fident that constructive sug- taining thoughts about his local draft board,
gestions properly presented will Students often wonder just what the value
be much more effective than pro- Qf a degree is when, immediately upon gra-
duation, the diploma is exchanged for a sub-
machine gun and the new professor is a drill-
sergeant.
The ironic thing about the entire situation
is that while Americans cry out about rising
nels more responsive before we taxeg and inflation, they fail to utter a word
. ,. . . .. about military spending. Instead they cry lor
hands of both those who seek vio- welfare reforms for as they see it everyone
lence for its own sake and those can get a job these days and why pay a woman
who want to think the worst of to have kids. “
Those who are willing to take steps to
change priorities are looked upon as merely
trouble makers and “if you don’t like it you
can always get out " The well-displayed sign
sometimes reads “Love American or Leave
It.”
President Nixon has taken steps in the
tests and demands backed up by
demonstrations which can erupt
into violence.
Let’s test administration good
faith by making our student gov-
ernment and similar chan-
our generation.
James EUis
Dear Editor:
Editor...........................................................Mike Ramsey
News Editor..............................................Kathy Williams
Business Manager...........................................Linda Reeves
Sports Writers..............................................Ronald Scales
Julian Galiano
Photographers,..........................................Bobby Dickinson
Harry Kingston
Faculty Advisor.......................................R. H. Wilkerson
Staff Writers Judy Hammond, Phyllis Lewis, Carole Marcella.
Reporters (Journalism 231) Johnnie Mae Akin, Jeri Lynne Ashley,
Wanda D. Beyer, Betty Brink, James Rodney Callas, Terry C.
Clotiaux, Karen Donley, Stephen S. Essig, Charles Fontenot Jr.,
Paul N. Fortney Jr., Lonzo Fregia, Christine Kreisher, Charles
McCraine Jr., H. O. Overstreet Jr., Donald Z. Pumphrey,
Beverly J. Rodgers, Belinda Schexnayder, Beryl Diane Smith,
Albert Melvin Thompson Jr.
The Redbird, an official student publication of toe college,
is published weekly on Fridays except during holidays, dead
week and final examination periods during the regular school
term. Subscription price is $1.25 a semester. Publication
office and newsroom are located in Offices 113 and 115, Student
Affairs Building, campus Lamar State College of Technology,
Lamar Tech Station, Post Office Box 10055, Beaumont, Texas
77705. Opinions expressed are those of toe student staff and do
not necessarily reflect those of toe faculty and administration.
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They should pertain to campus policies and activities. The
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A few months ago a social-
minded Methodist minister wrote
in a letter to toe editor of the
Beaumont Enterprise that Beau- ...
mont is a “dead* city, that our direction or reforms with suggested changes
only options as residents are to in the dr aft and proposal of a volunteer army,
stay and stagnate or leave. The
next day he left.
Perhaps this is correct. How-
ever, in my four years here I
have usually thought I could see
in the Lamar Tech student body
and faculty a vital glimmer of
hope for toe entire area. Each
year Lamar's campus seemed to
me to become more of a testing
ground for old and new ideas
as more and more controversial
issues—Vietnam, women’s fa-
shions, housing regulations, par-
ticipatory democracy, campus
disruptions, race relations, aca-
demic freedom, etc., became
common classroom and coffee-
shop topics of conversation.
More radical speakers such as
Harrington were once again invit-
ed to our campus. “Sound Off*
was on the way to becoming an
institution. The Voice and its
Some of these proposals have been met
with a cold-shoulder by Congress and we
suspect the electorate is much the same way.
But until something is done to cut military
spending drastically and look more seriously
into problems such as poverty, disease, hous-
ing, education, and inflation, we may find
ourselves closer to both the totalitarian and
socialist states, which both left and right
wingers have already labeled the United
States.
Publicity program initiated
Student government has currently under-
taken the task of bringing more publicity to
Lamar as well as giving the college credit
for its role in the community.
Ronnie Whitehead, junior government
malor, has appeared at several area Cham-
predecessors, offering dissent- bers of Commerce and has initiated a contest
ing views from The Redbird and among them
administration, were becoming -phe chamber of Commerce which does
more successful experiments. the best iob in publicizing Lamar will be thus-
The Redbird was (and is) catch- rewarded by student government, which
ing up with student concerns and ly rewarueu uy 6
causes and was becoming more will serve as judge for the event,
direct and liberal in both edi- we fully support this program as a very
torials and articles. For a brief, WOrth-while event and urge full participation
exciting moment the admtoistra- entire area. Lamar has done its share
m to ** wi g in progressing the Golden Triangle and we
feel it is time for such recognition.
tlon seemed to be
embrace controversy and adjust
its policies under the guidance
of the late Dr. Setzer.
The hope seemed to exist that
Lamar could blossom into an in-
stitution of higher learning in
Mexico City, situated on afor-
mer lakebed, for many years was
r.,*rr^ ±ss sn 'Mr*=
density of the subsoil has caused
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it to rise.
U.S. citizens lost $2.9 million
through the passing of counter-
feit money last year nearly 75
per cent more than a year ear-
lier and 11 times toe loss of
1960.
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Ramsey, Mike. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1969, newspaper, October 3, 1969; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499380/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar University.