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fever to the health center,” Shipper
said, “it doesn’t make sense to say, ‘No,
wait a minute now. You’re a LUIT stu-
dent. You paid $20. So, we’re only
going to give you two-thirds of the shot.
And, hey, you’re from Beaumont. You
get the whole shot.’
“You can’t do that. We’ve got to
stick together — both campuses — if
we’re going to share that facility.”
Until this move by the board,
Czupryn said, the student service fee
could not support everything that it was
being asked to support, especially the
student health center in addition to
other entities normally funded by the
student service fee.
“Student health was paying a price
for that,” Czupryn said. “Student health
couldn’t do what we expect student
health to do as long as it was depending
on student service fee dollars — which
there weren’t enough there to support
it.
“Its (the health fee’s) secondary
effect is to benefit the health center,”
he said, “which it will do. And it will
create more and better services for stu-
dents.”
He said the result of the student
health fee is that the center can now
support itself.
“Anticipated program improve-
ments include,” Czupryn said, “the
addition of a health educator, a full-
time mental health counselor and a pro-
gramming budget.
“I think regents typically scrutinize
every fee request,” he said.
He said that he thought Lamar’s pre-
sentation for the fee was well made.
The health fee will begin in fall 1999,
Czupryn said.
A 3 percent cost-of-living increase in
housing rates was also passed by board
members.
Czupryn said the housing rate
increase is due to rising expenses.
“I think students over the years,” he
said, “...can expect a moderate — 2 per-
cent, 3 percent (increase).... I would
rather look at a 1-, a 2- or a 3-percent
(increase) annually,” Czupryn said,
“rather than suddenly next year — it’s
(a) 10 percent increase.”
Rates for Brooks-Shivers will
increase from $844 a semester to $869 a
semester for 1999-2000.
Morris/Combs rates will increase
from $920 a semester to $948 a semes-
ter for 1999-2000.
Rates for Campbell-Gray will
increase from $920 a semester to $948 a
semester for 1999-2000.
Unit rates will increase from $310 a
month to $319 a month for 1999-2000.
. Summer housing rates will increase
from $322 a session to $332 a session.
A meal plan increase was also
passed, Czupryn said.
For 19 meals a week plus $100
declining balance, the price will go from
$853 to $879.
Fourteen meals a week will increase
from $816 to $840.
Ten meals a week will increase from
$780 to $803.
Five meals a week with a $300
declining balance will increase from
$780 to $803.
Czupryn said the increase for the
meal plans are in anticipation of
increasing costs for food service. He
also said a request for proposals for a
new food service contract is ready for
distribution, and will be presented to
the board in May.
Dorm renovations will begin with
Campbell-Gray.
“The repairs and replacements will
bring this popular residence hall into
good condition,” Czupryn said.
This is the first phase of renovating
the residence hall system.
Old wooden doors will be replaced
with steel insulated doors. Single pane
windows and steel window frames will
be replaced with double pane, insulated
glass and rated for building code wind
loads. Roofs will be replaced.
Total estimates for the facility
remodeling amount to $407,450.
Czupryn said the renovations will be
paid for with funds from bond refinanc-
ing done earlier this- year — not the
housing rate increase.
“I do think that our residents will
respond to the money we put in the res-
idence hall,” Czupryn said, “and I
expect the on-campus population to
increase — perhaps incrementally — 2
or 3 percept each year.
“And I’m hoping that within 10
years, we’ll have 900 students living on
campus.”
Czupryn said there were about 700
students living on campus in the fall,
and there are currently between 620
and 640 students living on campus this
semester.
“That extra 200 will make a difference
in the use of Setzer Center services,” he
said, “...five or six years from now, I think
we will notice an impact on campus.”
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approve faculty raises or money to be
spent,” Shipper said, “and then didn’t
fund them. We call those unfunded ini-
tiatives. And there are a lot of those.”
He said to get those funds, LUIT must
either cut programs short or “go to the
students.”
“And the typical way to go to the stu-
dents, in this case,” Shipper said, “is the
general use fee.”
With the increase from $12 to $16,
Shipper said LUIT’s general use fee is
probably lower than any state college.
Shipper said LUIT has not increased
its general use fee since the last increase,
which was a mandated increase as part of
a Beaumont campus increase.
“We have always wanted to keep our
fees low,” he said, “and, in the past,
when everybody else has raised theirs,
we have kept ours down.”
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“It’s very informative,” Chesser said.
“You learn a lot.”
During the morning orientation,
prospective students are provided with
one-on-one advising, packets of informa-
tion about Lamar as well as tickets for
the day’s events, which include compli-
mentary lunch and live entertainment
that will begin at noon in the Quadrangle
and last until 2 p.m.
“The morning will really focus on the
academic side of university life,” Chesser
said.
Activities beginning early in the day
Shipper said he has not seen a
detailed list of what the increase will pay
for. He also said administrators need to
“see what the Legislature is going to do
before we make a detailed list of how we
are going to spend the money.”
He said the money may be used to
purchase new equipment, fund faculty
and staff raises and pay for extra help in
the new building. There will be a ground-
breaking for that structure on March 26.
. “It also could be used to fund some
additional projects that we may want to
undertake,” Shipper said.
There was considerable discussion by
board members about the general use
fee, he said.
He also said regent Tom Moeller, who
“was concerned that this was adding too
much to the cost of student education.
Being a very student-orientated regent,
include a treasure hunt in the library,
housing and career centers and enter-
tainment by the music department. A
Jerry Springer fest will be performed in
the SSC Arbor with students acting out
skits based on college situations;
“It’s a fun day,” Chesser said.
Afternoon entertainment will feature
Traveling Max, a multifaceted performer
that entertains at campuses all over the
country and is known for his perfor-
mance style, which encourages audience
participation.
“He’s good and he really gets people
he questioned the need to increase tha
much,” Shipper said.
He said that Moeller would have pre
ferred to see a $2 fee instead of a $4 fee.
The fee will increase $4 next fall.
“And I admire Mr. Moeller for wanti-
ng to keep the fees down,” he said.
“Here, we have agonized over the need’
to raise fees, because we understand our
students — a lot of them are working stu-
dents — and it’s tough on them to pay
additional money.”
The board also approved a bid from
N&T Construction of Orange to serve as
contractors for the new building.
He said that bids for the new building
came in several hundred thousand dollars
lower than the architects’ estimated costs.-
“So that created for us some new
opportunities,” Shipper said. “We may
be looking at some scholarships.”
into the spirit of fun,” Chesser said.
Free food, such as hot links, popcorn,
snacks and drinks, will be served
throughout the afternoon, compliments
of Lamar University students and faculty.
All of the entertainment is free as well.
“There will be something for every-
one here,” Chesser said. “We want cur-'
rent students to enjoy their university
and encourage them to come.”
Springfest will be held regardless of'
weather conditions, Chesser said, but if it
rains all of the activities will be moved
indoors to the Setzer Student Center.
Simmons-
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Beaumont School District and as
assistant director of bands and
woodwind instructor at Memphis
State University where he
earned his bachelor’s degree in
music. He earned his master’s
degree from the University of
Houston and his doctorate from
McNeese State University.
His. recent awards include
induction into Phi Beta Mu,
national music educators frater-
nity, 1998; Paul Harris Fellow,
Rotary International, 1997; and
Outstanding Achievement by an
Artist, Southeast Texas Arts
Council, 1996.
He is a performer on the clar-
inet, the saxophone and the
piano. His Jimmy Simmons
orchestral and various jazz
ensembles play frequently for
local audiences.
The press club program is
-open to the public.
Reservations are required for
the dutch-treat sandwich lunch
and must be made by noon today.
For information, call 880-
8419.
Arts-
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been around. It serves .a dual purpose with the decora-
tion and food budget.”
The Bal also showcases Lamar student talent.
“I feel that the kids are so talented,” Rowes said,,
“and I’m thrilled to showcase them at the Bal.”
Wood said that some of the theatre students will be
at the Bal in costumes featuring the theme.
Also, as another fund-raiser, a trip to Paris will also
be auctioned off at the Bal.
For additional information, call 880-8137. Several
levels of tickets, starting at $75 a person, are still avail-
able.
Proceeds from this event support scholarships and
programs for the College of Fine Arts and
Communication.
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