Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 21, 1982 Page: 1 of 4
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LAMAR
UNIVERSITY PRESS
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21, 1982
Vol. 58, No. 47
Serving the Lamar community for 58 years t
Interviews to be held
National Direct Student Loan Exit inter-
views will be held Wednesday, April 28, at
11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.,
in 101 of the Education Building, Vicki Jones,
assistant director of the Office of Student
Financial Aid, said.
She said the interviews are mandatory and
federal regulations require students who have
borrowed monies through the NDSL program
while attending Lamar must complete an ex-
it interview before their departure from
Lamar.
RHA sets talent night
The Residence Hall Association is sponsoring a
“Talent Night” in the Perch Friday night, Robin
Caillouet, spokesperson, said.
There will be a total of 11 student acts, ranging
from a dance performance to a jazz combo,
Caillouet said.
The contestants will be vying for a $100 prize
for best act. The acts will be judged in the follow-
ing categories: a) stage presence; b) audience
appeal; and c) professionalism.
Talent Night will begin at 7 p.m., and all are in-
vited to come and support their favorite act.
Trip deadline set
The last date that applications can be ac-
cepted for the Lamar University-London
travel / study program is May 3, Nora Leitch,
director of retention, said.
Credit courses will be offered in English
literature and in education on the overseas
campus. Students can earn six hours credit
while traveling and studying in various parts
of London and surrounding countryside.
Teachers on this year’s trip, scheduled to
leave June 1, are Leitch, assistant professor
of English and director of the Lamar-London
program; Dr. Andrea Karlin, assistant pro-
fessor of education; and Dr. Christopher
Baker, assistant professor of English.
Interested peoDle may attend classes for
non-credit also.
Travel this year will include a trip to Wales
and the Lake District as well as other parts of
England.
Applications may be obtained by calling
838-8367 or writing Lamar-London, Box 10126,
Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710.
College receives gifts
The College of Engineering has recently
received donations totalling $24,000, Dr. Fred
Young, dean of the college, said.
Presenting a donation for $20,000 was Sam
Lard, manager of the Beaumont works of E.I.
duPont duNemours Co.
R.J. Ryall, manager of the Beaumont
olegins-aromatics plant for Mobil Chemical
Corp., and Paul Havidding, manager of the
employee relations department at Mobil
Chemical, presented Young with a check for
$4,000.
Young said the donations were earmarked
for, the chemical and mechanical engineering
departments, and for recruitment and reten-
tion of minority engineering students.
Singer to perform
Leticia “Tish” Hinojosa, singer and
songwriter, will perform in the Setzer Student
Center Perch tonight at 7 p.m.
Bom and reared in San Antonio, Tish got
her start singing in high school folk masses.
At the age of 18, she signed a recording con-
tract with Lado A-Cara records from Mexico.
Three singles followed, one of which, reached
the top of the Mexican charts.
Tish’s performing experience includes
opening shows for such talents as singer-
songwriter Michael Murphy and guitarist
J.W. Everett.
She has sung jingles for Church’s fried
chicken, Handy-Andy stores, and Butterkrust
bread.
In addition, she has performed at numerous
clubs in the San Antonio area as well as
around northern New Mexico region where
she now makes her home.
Art exhibited in library
“Newman Plus Ten,” an art exhibit con-
taining works by Lamar students and a pro-
fessor, will be on display at 10 a.m. today,
Thursday and Friday on the Eighth Floor,
Gray Library.
The exhibition is being held in conjunction
with the Neches River Festival.
Jerry Newman, associate professor of art
and the current State Artist of Texas, said,
“The exhibition will be works by 10 of my
students, who are working toward a profes-
sional quality in their artwork.”
The purpose of the show is “to give the
public an insight into the quality of student be-
ing produced in the art department,”
Newman said.
Art students participating are Kathy
Boudreaux, Beaumont senior; James Budd,
Beaumont graduate student; Lance Hunter,
Bridge City junior and Billy Kelly, Beaumont
senior.
Other students are Paul Manes, Beaumont
senior; David Miller, Beaumont senior; Alice
Nelson, Beaumont graduate; Anne Nelson,
Beaumont sophomore; Amy Richard, Beau-
mont sophomore and Betty Stringer, Beau-
mont senior.
“This is an opportunity for students to show
their work,” Dr. Robert C. Rogan, professor
and head of the art department, said.
Location of
SGA polls
scheduled
Polls for the runoff election for Student Govern-
ment Association president will be open at several
campus locations today and Thursday.
Lynne Freeland, SGA president, said that voting
tables will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days in
the Galloway Business Building, Liberal Arts
Building, Beeson Technical Arts Building and the
Setzer Student Center Arbor.
Also on both days, polls will reopen from 4:30 p.m.
to 6:30 p.m. in the Galloway, Beeson and Liberal
Arts buildings, plus the Main Dining Hall, Freeland
said.
Students wishing to vote must present a valid
Lamar ID to voter registrars to be eligible for
voting.
In the runoff election for SGA president are
Robert Glenn, Fort Worth senior, and Tammy
Stroud, Marshall junior. The two candidates receiv-
ed the top two vote totals from among a five-
candidate field in balloting for student offices April
15 and 16.
A total of 1,541 students are recorded as having
voted in the election for SGA president in the
primary, according to figures released by the SGA
Election Commission. This is a 44-percent increase
over the 1,063 total in the spring 1981 SGA presiden-
tial runoff.
‘Have we been introduced?’—
“But may I come home with you?” is what this puppy seems to be saying
when caught by the camera at the Humane Educational Council of
Southeast Texas. The animals are available for adoption. A fee is assessed
to cover the cost of necessary shots and medication.
Photo by USA WILSON
Glennf Stroud in runoff election
Two of the five candidates running for Stu-
dent Government Association president will
face each other in a runoff election today and
Thursday.
Robert Glenn, Fort Worth senior, and Tam-
my Stroud, Marshall junior, collected the two
highest tallies of SGA presidential ballots in
voting by students April 15 and 16.
According to figures released by the SGA
Election Commission, Glenn received 35 per-
cent of the balloting with 543 votes, and Stroud
received 25 percent of the voting with 391.
Steve Guest, Bovina senior, was third with
333 votes (22 percent); Alan Tucker, Liberty
junior, was fourth with 243 votes (16 percent);
and Frank Henry, Jacksonville, Fla., junior,
was fifth with 31 votes (two percent).
In the race for Setzer Student Center Council
president, Gordon Schell, Bridge City
sophomore, took a close victory over Billye
Hooper, Baytown junior, with a 747-645 count.
Uncontested victories in major elections
were taken by Renee Kole, Plano sophomore,
for Residence Hall Association president with
226 votes; David Kiefer, Beaumont freshman,
for RHA vice president with 209 votes; and
David Green, Baytown sophomore, for SSC
Governing Board chairperson with 1,183 votes,
In SGA senatorial elections, the results are:
SGA class senators (with a maximum of two
senators per class elected to office)
—Sophomore class: Lisa Girouard, Port
Neches, 349; and Kole, 347.
—Junior class: Paige Burrell, Beaumont, 250;
and John Spell, Nederland, 209.
—Senior class: Tonya Olson, Port Neches, 192;
David Stephenson, Vidor, 184; and Nicola Hart,
Tonbridge, Kent, England, 127.
SGA college senators (one per college elected
to office)
—College of Business: Candace Cribbs, Beau-
mont junior, 368.
—College of Engineering: Shelly Leedy, Beau-
mont sophomore, 298.
—College of Fine and Applied Arts: Tom
Flavin, Lake Charles, La., freshman, 99.
—College of Health and Behavioral Sciences:
Wanda Jacob, Vidor freshman, 76.
—College of Liberal Arts: Marsha Fatino,
Nederland junior, 66; and Richard Harrist,
Beaumont freshman, 34.
SGA senators-at-large
—Karen Renee Nichols, Beaumont junior,
1,036; Bubba Collins, Beaumont senior, 1,022;
Kevin Albright, Beaumont freshman, 988; Kim
Soileau, Lumberton sophomore, 983; David
Lackey, Beaumont sophomore, 975; and Jim-
my Evans, Beaumont freshman, 963.
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A member of the “Jammers,” a professional Frisbee demonstration
team, performs Tuesday morning in the quadrangle. The team
features world class players who have appeared on the CBS Sports
Spectacular show.
Lamar theatre slates production of Inge’s 4 9
By LU theatre staff
Lamar’s production of William Inge’s
powerful, earthy drama, “Picnic,” will open
Saturday, at 8 p.m., instead of one day earlier
as originally scheduled.
Due to unavoidable and unexpected cir-
cumstances, the award-winning play will be
limited to two performances, the second be-
ing a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Dr.
Walker James, director of theatre, said.
“The show must go on” may be a theatrical
cliche to many, James said, but it has become
a necessary reality to the “Picnic” produc-
tion. It has survived unusual cast changes,
improvised rehearsal sites, and schedule
changes to reach this point where final and
definite production dates can be set.
Jacque Somers, a teacher in Vidor, and a
graduate student in theatre, was originally
cast as Flo Owens. When an unavoidable
schedule conflict forced her to drop out, the
role was assumed by Michelle Landry,
Lumberton freshman. Michelle developed a
similar problem and felt obligated to find her
own replacement.
Whom did she find? Her own mother, Mrs.
A.J. (Mary Ann) Landry,who agreed to
assume the role, a decision that delighted the
play’s director, Tommy Peacock. Landry is a
special student at Lamar.
Rehearsal areas have been another pro-
blem. With the hectic Fine Arts schedule in
the University Theatre, a schedule involving
dance, music, and other events, rooms in
several different buildings have sup-
plemented the theatre stage as rehearsal
areas. This situation will be solved when the
new Studio Theatre addition to the current
theatre is completed later this spring.
Although another unavoidable conflict forc-
ed cancellation of the Friday performance,
the show will go on April 24 and 25. Final plans
have been made for the crew to show up, for
the lights to come up and the curtain to open,
and for the cast to begin the unfolding of
Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
For reservations, call 838-8153 or 838-8154.
Four key areas under study at John Gray Institute
Comprehensive and wide-ranging studies in
four key areas of factors affecting the Gulf
Coast Crescent economy are currently being
conducted by the John E. Gray Institute, Dr.
Philip Johnson, executive director, said.
Johnson summarized the areas of studies as
being an econometric project, comparative
construction costs, port facilities and a
foreign trade zone, and labor-management
relations.
The first phase of the econometric project
has been completed and available data
assembled and preliminary analysis con-
ducted.
The data clearly indicate the high
dependence of the Golden Triangle on oil and
chemicals. This dependence for jobs is fur-
ther enhanced by plant closings elsewhere in
the United States and Europe and by the enor-
mous cost of oil set by the OPEC countries.
In 1972, feedstock and materials cost 43 per-
cent of the final product. Last year,
materials, in contrast to labor and capital, ac-
counted for 68 percent of the final product
sale.
The institute is examining comparative
construction costs in this region against those
respective items in Houston and Louisiana.
The study is based on interviews and
available productivity data in the construc-
tion industry.
Among the factors considered are job size,
type of construction, competence of supervi-
sion, adequacy of planning and scheduling,
work stoppages, and local versus national
contractors.
Apparent higher costs for industrial con-
struction are limiting economic development
in the Golden Triangle. The JEGI study is in-
complete, however.
The Gray Institute is assisting the region in
preparing the necessary information to apply
to the Department of Commerce for a foreign
trade zone. An analysis of the regional ports,
their contributions to the economy and poten-
tial for increased economic development is
also underway.
Labor-management relations, a major
focus of the institute’s activity, include
meetings with various area groups. An action
plan is evolving which will include a series of
workshops and training sessions later this
spring to involve such subjects as construc-
tion work rules and potential for im-
provements in productivity.
A need assessment is underway to establish
other labor relations activities, and several
case studies of particular labor-management
problems are in planning stages, Johnson
said.
WASHINGTON—Mesquite smoke, according to Gourmet
magazine, imparts epicurean flavor to grilled meat.
Here, if further evidence be needed, is additional proof that my
late father, who liked to brag that he was “the world’s most hum-
ble Texan,” was bom ahead of his time.
The poor man went to his grave never knowing he had a poten-
tial fortune behind his house.
My father had enough mesquite trees in his backyard to pro-
vide enough coals to barbecue enough spareribs to satiate a city
the size of Hackensack, N.J., with easily enough left over for
shish kebab all around.
And he wasn’t even trying to grow mesquites.
He regarded mesquites as a crying nuisance, as did everyone
else in that part of Texas, particularly cattlemen who were trying
to keep their pastures clear of the rank growth.
Mesquites in the area where I grew up had three distinguishing
characteristics:
1) Rapid growth that choked out other plant life; 2) thorns
guaranteed to rip the fabric of any type of garment you might
wear; and 3) bean-like seeds that fell in blizzard-like flurries, re-
quiring constant raking of the yard.
And now Gourmet magazine tells us mesquite wood is being
shipped by the truckload to New York City and other culturally
deprived areas.
Too bad that taste thrill was discovered so late. Otherwise, “the
world’s most humble Texan” might have died a millioniare mes-
quite magnate.
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