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Fair-
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^“Great Cats of the World” and the
;Freddie Prez Show. Events are
held twice each weekday and
'three times on weekends.
:: Local and area professional
[and amateur entertainers will also
[perform in the Patio Acts. These
include Heather Dewitt, Jim
Langston, and Touch of Class-Al
Sander.
The Children’s Performance
Company will put on a show filled
with singing and acting.
; An art, quilt, and photo show
appears daily at the Beaumont Art
[League Building on the fair-
[grounds. This features art from
various schools within Jefferson
[and surrounding counties, a quilt
[show with a senior and general
division, and a photography con-
test with a youth and adult divi-
sion. Ribbons are awarded to the
[Winners in the art and quilt con-
gest, while cash is awarded to the
[pinners in the photography con-
test.
A Children’s Barnyard is
located near the coliseum and the
livestock barns. This barnyard fea-
tures baby ducks, chickens, and
exotic animals that kids are
allowed to view up close.
On Thursday at 7:30 p.m., a
team-roping will be held. This
event tests the skills of some of the
area’s amateur cattle ropers.
Stockdog Trails will be held
Saturday at 10 a.m. and Sunday at
noon.
This event challenges a stock
dog through a series of trail cours-
es designed to test the skills of the
animal in a fashion found daily in
duties of herding livestock.
The Rudy Goldwire Memorial
Armwrestling Championships will
be held Saturday at 7 p.m.
Also located in the coliseum
will be an agricultural exhibit fea-
turing farming equipment, such as
a rice thrasher and an antique
combine being demonstrated in
the ways it was used years ago.
Admission is $5 for adults and
$2 for students (ages 13 to 17).
Children 12 and under get in free.
Parking is $3.
Screening-
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than we think. So many people don’t know
the symptoms. They would never seek coun-
seling...because some of the symptoms of
depression are the same symptoms of just
normal, everyday life, or what people think
is normal, everyday life.”
Symptoms that students should be
aware of, Warner said, include lack of con-
centration, excessive fatigue, performing
poorly on assignments, eating disorders, and
problems with sleeping.
For instance, Warner said, “Some peo-
ple with depression have problems sleeping.
Enrollment-
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because this is not a counting semester — a
base period,” Marsh said.
The next base period, he said, will start in
spring 2000, and it will go through the next fall.
The decrease, Marsh said, will not have
an effect on the university’s funding for this
semester.
“We have to report everything, but the
state won’t be looking at these figures for
Either they cannot sleep or they are tired all
the time.”
She said that people who are depressed
often want to sleep most of the time.
Students are given a letter explaining
what the screening project is, Warner said,
and they are then asked to take a few min-
utes to fill out an evaluation form that will
indicate if the student is possibly suffering
from depression.
Two nurse practitioners score the evalu-
ation forms and advise students on whether
they should make an appointment with the
funding,” Marsh said. “So we are basically
living off our last base period right now.”
Enrollment at the Institute of
Technology increased 10 percent this fall
over last fall, Harry Wood, director of public
information and fund-raising for the insti-
tute, said, surpassing 2,300 for the first time
in the school’s history.
“The official head count for the fall
center’s counselor.
“The score doesn’t mean that they do or
do not have depression. It is just a screen-
ing,” Warner said. “It just means that if they
get a Certain score, they should probably
talk to someone so that they can be evaluat-
ed.”
Depression is not something people can
control, Warner said.
“Another thing people don’t realize,”
she said, “is that depression is a chemical
imbalance in the brain, so to speak.... It is
something you really have no control over.”
semester was 2,304,” Wood said. “Last fall,
the enrollment at the institute was 2,094. It
was 2,199 last spring.”
This semester marked the 15th consecu-
tive semester in which enrollment has
increased at LIT, he said.
“During that period, enrollment at the
institute has increased 78 percent or 1,007
students,” Wood said.
Lamar to conduct classes
Lamar University is conducting classes that include a mountain dul-
cimer workshop and story telling, Kim Moncla, LU continuing education
department spokesperson, said.
This year being Spindletop’s 100th anniversary, a program, Spindletop
Stories, will be offered on Thursday from 6:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. The program
will involve information regarding various historical facts about the birth of
business in Southeast Texas. Tuition is $10.
A mountain dulcimer workshop will be held on Saturday from 1 p.m.
until 4 p.m. Tuition is $20.
All classes will be held at Gladys City Museum.
For more information, call 880-2233.
Firm helping students
U.S. students have started part-time businesses ranging from comput-
er repair and typing services to free-lance design and copy writing services.
Lassobucks.com provides help to students who have skills, time on
their hands, but not a lot of ready cash to get started and to find customers,
Timothy Fong, spokesperson, said.
Call (212) 421-4475 for more information.
Conference to begin Thursday
The second science conference of the present decade addressing the
biodiversity and ecology of the West Gulf coastal plain landscape will be
held Thursday through Sunday at the Beaumont Hilton Hotel, Bob Valen,
spokesperson, said.
More than 70 presentations with several poster exhibits will be shown.
Several field trips will be offered to areas in Southeast Texas and Southwest'
Louisiana on Sunday. The conference is to create a venue for scientists,
resource managers, foresters, students, and the public to share the results
of current biological, ecological, and environmental research and findings.
Sponsors and partners include the Big Thicket National Preserve,
Temple-Inland Foundation, National Parks and Conservation Association,
the Nature Conservancy, Entergy, Rice University, Big Thicket Association,
USGS Biological Resources Division, the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Forest Service and Texas Parks and Wildlife.
For more information, call 839-2689.
YMBL scholarships planned
The Young Men’s Business League Board of Directors has adopted a
new YMBL scholarship program at Lamar Institute of Technology, Bdbo
Thurman, scholarship committee chair, said.
The scholarships will be granted to students enrolled in the institute's
associate degree programs.
Scholarships will be limited to one per family at any one time. YMBL
members, members' spouses or their children will be considered.
Members must have held membership for the past four consecutive
years and contributed to the success of a minimum two projects.
Scholarships will be for $250 per semester for a minimum of nine hours.
Call 880-2292 for more information.
Non-credit programs offered
The office of non-credit programs is offering several series of short
classes in computer literacy and its advanced levels, Kim Moncla,
spokesperson, said.
The program track will consist of beginning, intermediate and advanced
classes. Classes are offered in the evenings during weekdays and on
Saturdays, she said.
For persons beyond 55 years of age, Monday morning classes are
offered in computer essentials, Windows, e-mail and Microsoft Word.
Other computer-based programs offered in the semester will be key-
boarding, e-mail and the Internet, computer repair, QuickBooks Pro and
Microsoft Powerpoint.
Call 880-2233 for more information.
ASRT nominates Bronson
The American Society of Respiratory Therapy has nominated Paul
Bronson, director of the respiratory care program at Lamar Institute of
Technology, as American education practitioner of the year, a spokesperson
from the LIT office of public information, said.
Bronson is also the adviser to the LIT student government association
and has been a LIT faculty member since 1990.
Health Center offers flu shots
The Student Health Center is offering flu shots to students, faculty and
staff on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to
3 p.m.
The fee for students is $5, and the fee for faculty and staff is $10, Janet
Warner, center director, said.
Deadline for submitting announcements for UPbriefs 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 UP office, 200 Setzer Student Center. Information may be sent to P.O,
Box 70055, Beaumont 77710, or by fax to 880-8735.
Briefs compiled by Kuntal Kotnis, UP staff writer
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