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University Press
Wednesday. October 6, 1993
UP Briefs
AT&T to sponsor investment training
The AT&T Collegiate Investment Challenge, a nationwide stock trad-
ing competition, will take place Oct. 11 through Dec. 10. The competi-
tion allows college students to learn about the stock market without risk-
ing money, build stock portfolios and win prizes. The event is sponsored
by AT&T and co-sponsored by Texas Instruments and the Pontiac Corp.
Entry fee is $39.95.
For more information, call (800) 545-1975, ext. 97.
College Republicans meet today
The College Republicans will meet today at 7 p.m. in 125 Setzer
Student Center. The group will discuss NAFTA, health care and homo-
sexuals in the military. Mortibersnip dues are $7.
For more information, call Ryan White at 839-4444.
LUPA will offer education courses
The Lamar University-Port Arthur continuing education department
will offer five courses in October: WordPerfect 5.1, Early Man on the
Upper Texas Gulf Coast, Lotus 1-2-3, Real Estate Principles and Floral
Design- Part II.
For more information, call the continuing education department at
983-4921, ext. 353 or 727-0886, ext. 385.
UH to present ‘People’s Law School’
The University of Houston Law Center will present a program on
everyday law titled “The People's Law School” on Oct 23 and Oct 30
from 9 a.m. to noon at the Law Center of the University of Houston. The
program is sponsored by the Houston Bar Association, KTRK-TV and
KXLN-TV. Admission is free but entry is limited to the first 600 appli-
cants. To register, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for an appli-
cation to Richard Alderman, University of Houston Law Center,
Houston, Texas 77204-6371.
Call (713) 743-2201 for details.
Economics Association to visit bank
The Lamar University Economics Association will take a field trip to
Community Bank today at 2 p.m. Students who wish to attend should
meet at the trophy case in the Galloway Business Building by 1:45 p.m.
The group will carpool to the downtown bank.
For more information, call Stuart Brizendine at 832-9580 or Sam
Paragi at 880-8652.
Deadlines for submitting announcements for UP Briefs is noon of
the day one week prior to publication. Announcements are run as
space allows — no exceptions. Press release forms are available for
organization reporters in the University Press office, 200 Setzer
Student Center.
Information may also be mailed directly to the University Press,
Lamar University, P.O. Box 10055, Beaumont 77710.
Stamp unveiling
Gospel group, brass ensemble invited to celebrate first-day stamp ceremony
By Susan Flowers
UP feature editor
Lamar’s very own Psalm 150, a
gospel group, and the Lamar Brass
Ensemble will be the special enter-
tainment at the unveiling of the
African Violet stamp, one of 30
stamps chosen each year by the
U.S. Postal Service.
The unveiling of the African
Violet will be on Friday, Oct. 8, at
1:45 p.m. in the Beaumont Civic
Center, followed by a dedication at
2 p.m. by U.S. Postmaster General
Marvin Runyon.
“Beaumont has never had a first
day of issue event on a U.S. stamp
before,” said Jane Birge, editor of
African Violet magazine in
Beaumont and chair of the area
planning committee.
Other special performers for the
event will be the Beaumont postal
choir, who will sing their version
of “America the Beautiful.” A
group of third graders from St.
Anne’s Elementary School will
recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The
U.S. Coast Guard will be on hand
as well to deliver colors.
Psalm 150 will sing the 1968
version of The National Anthem, as
performed by the Dallas Civic
Chorus at a Cowboys football game
of that same year, said Freddie
Titus, the group’s director.
Titus, who is a lecturer of devel-
opmental studies at Lamar, said the
group was invited to the affair on
Sept. 4. “We’ve been having sec-
tion rehearsals every morning since
then at 7:15,” he said. Titus said the
only difference in their rendition of
the anthem is they “are just adding
a special ending to it”
DeEadra Albert, the group’s
president, said the unveiling of the
African Violet is an exciting Occas-
sion. She said newscasters from
television stations CNN and C-
Span are expected to attend the
event.
People from all disciplines of
life have appreciated the violet’s
diversity in color and origin since
its introduction to America in the
1920s.
“Africa is the only place these
plants have been able to grow in
the wild,” said Birge. She said
there are over 20,000 cultivators
known to exist in the world.
Even though the plant may
seem temperamental, Birge said,
the plant has been an attraction to
many people.
Birge said the biggest attraction
to the violet is that it blooms year-
round under proper lighting condi-
tions. She said propagation is the
second. “You can propagate one
plant and start a business with
them the next day because they
propagate so easily.”
Of the more than 20,000 pro-
posals made each year and 2,000
different subjects brought forth for
consideration, the postal service
chose the idea of Anne Tinari to be
one of 30 chosen this year.
Tinari, from Huntington Valley,
Pa., made the original proposal.
She is a charter member of the
African Violet Society and has
been a member since 1946 when
the society originally met on Oct. 7
in Atlanta.
Noted as America’s most popu-
lar house plant and the orchid of
the masses, the plant has also been
made the subject of a holiday.
Ann Richards has named Oct. 8
African Violet Postage Stamp Day
in Texas. Sen. Carl Parker will read
the proclamation at the ceremony.
Local, state and national digni-
taries as well as stamp collectors
and Violet worshippers are expect-
ed to attend the ceremony for the
bloom. The public is also invited to
attend.
NAFTA will become largest trading block, Krueger says
By Lynette Porter
UP staff writer
Former U.S. Senator and U.S.
Ambassador-at-large to Mexico
Bob Krueger made a presentation in
favor of the proposed North
American Free Trade Agreement
Thursday in the John Gray Institute.
“This very learned public ser-
vant has vast experiences with the
government of Mexico. His views
on NAFTA are shaped by his busi-
ness experience as a chief executive
official, as an elected official, and
as an ambassador,” George
McLaughlin, president of Gray
Institute, said.
Krueger opened his speech with
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he felt that NAFTA was more
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“It gives us the potential to have
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Americans are going to lose jobs
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Krueger told them that the envi-
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States has with Mexico have
already been present in the past and
have nothing to do with NAFTA.
However, he did not deny the
comments about job loss.
“I have no doubt that jobs will
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He also said that people from
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