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French Circle
Campus foreign language club
celebrates 25th anniversary.
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Men’s Soccer
Men’s team struggling to
reach goals — and tally wins.
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Music season begins
Beaumont Music Commission's
1993-94 season opens with
‘Oklahoma!’
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University Press
IJW121993
Wednesday, October 13,1993
Lamar University Beaumont, Texas
No. 13
Institute searches for
students, leaders for
training conference
By Lynette Porter
UP staff reporter
Leadership Lamar Institute will
hold its annual conference, with the
theme, “Leadership...It’s
Everybody’s Business,” from Nov.
11-13.
“This is a professional leader-
ship training conference designed
to benefit you as an individual. Our
main goal is to teach each individu-
al something they can use to help
further their organizations and fur-
ther Lamar’s campus community,”
Reah Wilson, Leadership Lamar
Steering Committee co-chair said.
All students who are applying to
attend the conference must current-
ly be a full-time undergraduate or
graduate student of LU-Beaumont
with a minimum of 30 hours of
undergraduate credit earned or must
be enrolled in a third long-term
semester.
They must be in good standing
with the University which means
they are not on disciplinary or
scholastic probation, and they must
have cumulative and previous
long-term semester grade point
average of 2.0 or better.
Primary consideration will be
given to junior and senior students;
however, third semester students
and sophomore students are eligi-
ble to apply.
“Basically, we want a very
diverse representation of students.
We expect the top student leaders
to attend, but anyone who is
involved and takes an interest in
furthering campus life is welcome
to apply,” Wilson said.
There will be a $45 fee to attend
the conference.Wilson said people
should be able to get their organi-
zations to sponsor them for the
conference and pay their way.
All applications are due by noon
tomorrow in room 115C Wimberly.
“This conference is a real life
experience where students can go
to a professional atmosphere and
network with other students, facul-
ty, administration and alumni while
gaining knowledge,” Wilson said.
Red’s opens in Setzer Student Center
ARA replaces Roost with convenience store
Photo by Valarie Brown
A sample of the selection of products now available at Red's, ARA's
new convenience store in the Setzer Student Center.
By Tammy McMinn
UP st^ff writer
Lamar University’s Food
Service has added a conve-
nience store with extended
hours to the Setzer Student
Center.
Red’s Convenience Store
opened across from the book-
store Sept. 30. Red’s is replac-
ing The Roost that was for-
merly located in the Setzer
Center.
Some features of The
Roost, like yogurt and snacks
are now at the convenience
store. The difference is that
Red’s is self-serve and has a
larger selection. Red’s hours
are from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.,
while The Roost was open
from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“I wanted to do more
things in The Roost, but I was
limited by space,” Mike
Pettyjohn, director of Food
Service at Lamar said. He said
the opportunity came open
this summer to use the space
where Red's is now located,
and he saw it as a chance to have
a nicer looking store that offered
more for students.
Pettyjohn said he plans to add
more items that students have
asked for as business increases,
like pantyhose and a yogurt top-
ping bar. Pettyjohn said students
can pay for anything in the store
with their meal card, but Red’s
does not accept checks — yet.
A temporary sign for Red’s
has been placed in the hallway of
the Setzer Center, but plans have
been made for a permanent neon
sign. “Right now, a lot of people
don’t know Red’s is there,”
Pettyjohn said.
Pettyjohn said the idea for a
convenience store stemmed
from a focus group that met
last spring to talk about things
students wanted on campus.
“We try to offer things stu-
dents may remember they
need while they’re on campus
like film or transmission
fluid,” Pettyjohn said.
Although the Convenience
Store is for the entire Lamar
University community,
Pettyjohn said students on
campus late in the evening
may find the store especially
convenient.
“It’s safer for students to
stay on campus and buy what
they need than to leave cam-
pus to get it in the evenings,”
Gertie Coleman, a Red’s
cashier said.
Pettyjohn said more addi-
tions may be made to Red’s if
it surpasses the business the
Roost had. He said hours as
well as services may be
extended later if the conve-
nience store does as well as he
expects.
Scholarship students
JGI’s Labor Council rewards academic achievment
Seven Lamar University sys-
tem students received scholarships
from the John Gray Institute’s
Southeast Texas Labor-
Management Council.
One $2,000 and six $1,000
scholarships were awarded Oct. 7,
at the John Gray Institute. The
scholarships were awarded on the
basis of both financial need and
academic achievement, Bill
Maddox, director of public affairs
for the LU-systeni said.
Davilyn Brackin from Kountze,
a second-year communication stu-
dent at Lamar-Beaumont, received
a $ 1,000 scholarship.
Emily Linker from Nederland, a
freshman accounting major,
received a $1,000 scholarship.
Three students from the Lamar
Institute of Technology also
received $1,000 scholarships.
Sara Harris, Clyde Mayo of
Vidor, and David Vandevender of
Nederland, are all students
enrolled in the process operating
program at the Institute.
The other two scholarships
went to Lamar-Port Arthur stu-
dents.
Roland Garza of Port Neches, a
sophomore physical therapy stu-
dent, received $1,000.
The $2,000 scholarship went to
LUPA student Melissa Fortune.
The Southeast Texas Labor-
Management scholarship funds are
raised primarily by its annual golf
tournament.
Renaissance jig
A Belly dancer weaves her way through the crowd gathered
for the opening parade at the Renaissance Festival. Other festival
activities will be highlighted Friday.
International Services
offering program for
cross-cultural learning
The Lamar University
International Student Services
office invites you to participate in
the Host Family Program, a com-
munity organization to welcome
international students to our coun-
try, state and community.
The 400+ international students
on Lamar’s campus offer a special
opportunity for cross-cultural
learning. Any family could serve
as host for an international student
to American family events, sports
events, political events, etc. The
student does not live with your
family, but visits in your home to
experience the domestic side of
American culture.
“While dear friendships can
develop, the program is not
extremely time consuming,”
Lowell Whited said, "A student
and host family can get together
whenever it is convenient for both.
There is no cost to the host or
the student
The program basically works as
follows: you submit an applica-
tion, your name is matched with
the name of an international stu-
dent the student and you are intro-
duced either at a program function
or through' a scheduled meeting
and then you and your guest will
be free to set dates for visits and
activities.
“While dear
friendships can
develop, the pro-
gram is not
extremely time
consuming.”
—Lowell Whited
"The only qualifications
expected of a host family is an
interest and a home, even if it's not
your own home," Whited said.
More information on the host
program can be obtained by call-
ing Whited at 832-4498 or by
stopping by the International
Student Affairs office at 203A
Wimberly for an application,
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SSSD presents free
guidence, tutorials
Lamar will offer free tutoring in
the Student Support Services
Department in order to help stu-
dents achieve a grade of an A or B
in courses they are enrolled in this
semester.
Tutoring is provided through a
federally-funded grant for students
who qualify as first generation,
low-income and physically dis-
abled. Freshmen and sophomores
are encouraged to apply if they are
serious about succeeding in col-
lege.
Tutoring is available from 7:30
a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through
Thursday, and Friday through
Sunday as needed. Students can
receive tutoring in the writing lab
for developmental writing courses,
English 131 and research writing.
Tutoring is also offered in math,
ESL, literature, biology, foreign
languages, chemistry, computer
and other courses as needed and as
resources permit.
Students choose the days and
times they are available to be
tutored. Student Support Services
also offers academic counseling,
personal counseling, career coun-
seling, TASP preparation, GRE
preparation, financial aid assis-
tance and graduate and/or profes-
sional school admission proce-
dures.
The deadline for signing up for
assistance this semester is Qct. 23.
However, Student Support Services
serves 260 students a year and only
has 80 more spaces available for
students.
For more information, contact
one of the following persons:
Loyce Sinegal, program director;
Melinda Riley, academic coun-
selor; Julie Alford, writing spe-
cialist; or Andrea Gonzales, secre-
tary at 880-8965 in 249 Education
Building.
Greeks honored for
academic excellence
By Nedone Brantley
UP staff writer
Every semester, the Lamar
Intrafraternity Council and
Panhellenic Association tabulates
each campus fraternity and sorori-
ty chapter’s grade point average
and awards the Greek organization
with the highest GPA.
This year, Phi Beta Sigma fra-
ternity has been recognized for
both Most Improved GPA and the
Highest Overall GPA.
“This is Phi Beta Sigma’s first
time winning Highest Overall,”
said Kevin Jones, fraternity coor-
*
dinator. “I guess they are in a
rebuilding stage right now and
they have been doing a lot to
improve their chapter and I really
wanted them to receive some
recognition for their efforts.”
Other fraternities being recog-
nized are Sigma Nu for Highest
Active Class GPA and Alpha Phi
Alpha for Highest Pledge Class
GPA.
The Delta Sigma Theta sorority
received the Most Improved GPA
trophy and Alpha Chi Omega
sorority won the Highest Overall
GPA trophy.
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