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University Press
Wednesday. October 13, 1993
UP Briefs
[Speed Reading workshop offered
Lamar University Non-credit Programs will sponsor a Speed Readingl
I workshop from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Nov. 17. The workshop will feature!
[Howard Stephen Berg, who holds the 1990 Guinness Book of World!
[Records title "the world's fastest speed reader." He will teach students!
1 speed reading techniques to increase comprehension and information!
[retention. Registration fee is $59. Students can register by phone at 880-1
|2233; fax at 880-8683 or by mail to P.O. Box 10008 Beaumont 77710. |
| For mdfe information, contact Non-credit Programs in 103 Montagnel
[centeivat 880-2233.
VSA Will hold fall egg roll fund-raiser
The Vietnamese Student Association will sell egg rolls in front of the!
[chemistry Building from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. until Friday. Proceeds!
vill go to the VSA. For more information, call Minh Ho at 833-3816.
[Cardinal FallFest to begin Oct. 30
The second annual Cardinal FallFest will begin at 10 a.m. on Oct. 30|
[at Gladys City. Any organization interested in reserving a booth should!
[complete an application in 212 Setzer Student Center. I
| For more information, call the office of student organization services!
[at 880-8739.
[Pulse submission deadline extended
The deadline for submission to the Pulse literary magazine has been!
(extended to noon, Oct. 20. Submission forms may be picked up andl
[turned in to 03 or 04 Maes Building.
Pulse accepts entries, and awards prizes for short stories, poetry,!
|essays and foreign language translations. I
For more information, call Brandy Copley, co-editor of Pulse, at 722-1
(4119.
Kappa Sigma announces pledge class
I Kappa Sigma fraternity has announced its 1993 fall pledge class.l
[Beaumont freshmen pledges are Mike Arviso, Frank Domino, Ericl
[Enderle, Jeff Roebuck, Derrick Robinson, Jason Parks, Justin LeJune,!
[jansen Kitchens, Bubba Kelly, Chuck Issacs and Danny Harris; Warren!
[freshman, David Franklin; Orange sophomore, Trini Gonzales;!
[Nederland freshman, Chris Peterson; China freshman, Seth Foux,|
[Deweyville sophomore, Billy Reider and Dallas freshman, Win Wilson.
Quel age avez-vous?
C’est le vingt-cinquieme anniversaire du Circle Francais
Stephan Malick
UP managing editor
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The French Circle of Lamar
University celebrated its 25th
anniversary with its first meeting
of the fall semester.
Josephine Schwartz, president
of the French Circle, said the idea
behind the group is to promote
French culture and language
through practical experience.
“We are very lucky to have the
support of the French Consulate in
Houston, they help us with our
programs and as a source of infor-
mation,” Schwartz said.
The group has about 50 active
members and meets at least once a
month. There is a $6 membership
fee for students enrolled in French
classes at Lamar and $15 for non-
students. M. LeRoy Ellis, professor
of English and foreign languages
and The French Circle faculty
advisor, said the group must charge
a higher fee to non-students
because of the cost of printing and
mailing flyers off campus.
The French Circle invites guest
speakers to its meetings to present
some aspect of French culture
whether it is from France itself or
one of it’s current of former
colonies. It is a French Circle tradi-
tion that all presentations are spo-
ken in French and all other discus-
sion is limited to French. At past
meetings, the French Cultural
Attache from the Houston
Consulate has been a guest speaker
along with other members of the
consulate corps.
“It is really good for a student
or person to be able to talk to a
native speaker of French. It allows
the person to hear and understand
how the language is spoken and
used,” Schwartz said.
Ellis was one of the original
founders of the group in 1969 and
he gave a cultural presentation of
history, language and cultural life
on the Caribbean island of La
Martinique. A slide show depicting
the particular flora, fishing industry
and native dances ended the pre-
sentation.
“The presentations allow the
students to realize French culture is
not just in France,'it is all over the
world,” Ellis said.
Members and students assisting
in the program are Liliane Neff,
Beaumont freshman, Daniele
Slaughter, a former Lamar student
from Beaumont, Fred Hatton,
Beaumont junior and Neal
Martinez, post-baccalaureate stu-
dent from Orange.
Neff is a descendant of a La
Martinique family and presented
some aspects of the island’s history
and culture by showing the group a
doll from La Martinique dressed in
traditional costume.
For more information about the
French Circle call Josephine
Schwartz at 892-7027 or LeRoy
Ellis at 880-8564.
‘To call a spade a spade’
LU graduate, playwright speaks to community about racial labels
By Tammy McMinn
UP staff writer
Deadlines for submitting announcements for UP Briefs is noon of!
I 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 Setzerj
[Student Center. .
Information may also be mailed directly to the University Press,!
[Lamar University, P.O. Box 10055, Beaumont 77710.
A speaker at the Methodist
Student Center last Tuesday called
for students to fight the “nig-
gerisms” that stem from racism.
The women from the First
United Methodist Church in Vidor
sponsored last week’s student
lunch at the Wesley Foundation
and invited Steven Collins, a 1992
Lamar University graduate and
writer of the play “Nigga Talk” to
speak to the group.
“We didn’t realize the speaker
and the group serving lunch were
coinciding until about a week ago.
The United Methodist Church in
Correction
The Oct 1 issue of the University Press incorrectly identified Ricky Beaver as a representative of the
Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Ricky Beaver is the Student Government
Association senator for the College of Engineering and chairperson of the College of Engineeering
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Vidor is doing essentially the same
thing we are to promote better race
relations, only on a different level,”
Rev. Mark Flemming, director of
the Wesley Foundation said.
Collins told his story of growing
up on the east side of San Antonio,
where race, society, community
and culture overpowered his pri-
vate school education. “There
wudn’t gonna be no double nega-
tives in my parents’ home. But I
learned nigger talk despite my edu-
cApn. See, I was bilingual. I was
made to where I could speak cor-
rect, but I couldn’t be made to look
correct,” he said.
Collins gave two examples of
what he called “niggerisms”: “You
can take a nigger out of the ghetto
but you can’t take the ghetto out of
the nigger,” and “To call a spade a
spade.” He said racism like this
defines our places and the very
foundation of our lives.
Collins said it is everyone’s
responsibility to try to bridge the
gap between races. “You can go to
any spot on this campus and see the
blacks and whites separated,” he
said.
Collins pointed out racism did
not begin with the students’ genera-
tion or even the generation before
that. “We have been left a legacy.
We must ask ourselves what legacy
will we leave our own children,” he
said.
Flemming said Collins was
asked to speak at the Wesley
Foundation because there was a
need for awareness. “We’ve tried to
be sensitive to issues of improving
race relations within the Wesley
Foundation and on campus, and this
was just one part of the process,”
Hemming said.
Flemming also said Collins’
speech promoted conversation with-
in the organization. “This program
allowed for discussion of racism and
other issues that may not have been
brought up otherwise,” he said.
The student center tries to bring
in controversial speakers to stimu-
late this type of discussion at least
once a semester, Hemming said.
The Wesley Foundation provides
lunch and a speaker for students every
Tuesday at 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.
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