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Friday, January 31, 1992
Lamar University • Beaumont, Texas
Vol. 68, No. 25
K
Search
continues
for new
president
By Michael Wright
UP staff writer
James Simmons, chairperson of
the Lamar department of music, is
leading a committee of 32 people
from the Lamar System and the sur-
rounding community in the search
for a new president of the Lamar-
Beaumont campus.
“I would expect to (announce
finalists) sometime in the next two or
three weeks,” Simmons said.
The search committee is an advi-
sory board to Chancellor George
McLaughlin, who will make the final
recommendation to the Board of
Regents.
McLaughlin said that he is
reviewing a list of approximately 15
names submitted by the committee.
“We are looking for a person who
has a record of leadership in
academia or the private sector,”
McLaughlin said, adding that “high
ethical standards” are a prerequisite.
He also is stressing classroom teach-
ing experience in the candidate pro-
file.
The search committee and the
chancellor will pare the current list of
applicants to a group of finalists, each
of whom will be brought to campus
for several days to meet faculty, staff
and students. The number of final-
ists has not been specified.
“Hopefully there will be a con-
sensus,” McLaughlin said. He said
he hoped one of the finalists would
be an “obvious fit.”
McLaughlin said he wants to have
a final recommendation before the
Board of Regents at th» April meet-
ing. •
Photo by Brian Vincent
Getting a better look
James Lawrence, 10, of Beaumont waits patiently where he can see for the Carl Parker
dedication of the Engineering II Building Tuesday. He and his mother Jimmet
Lawrence, librarian at Lamar-Port Arthur, were on hand to witness the dedication.
Vic Sims
discusses
JFK killing
By Craig Clark
UP managing editor
The recent reactions to the Oliver
Stone movie “JFK” have arguably
been no less than extraordinary. In
the three-hour docudrama, which has
been labeled as genius by some and
heresy by others, Stone manages to
stir up the smoldering ashheap of an
alleged governmental conspiracy
behind the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy.
The operatives in the alleged con-
spiracy and subsequent coverup are
depicted as having come from the
offices of virtually every level of the
visible national government, includ-
ing, but not limited to, the successor
to Kennedy, President Lyndon
Johnson and the chief justice of the
supreme court, Earl Warren.
On a more ominous level, Stone
argues that the shadow world of the
Central Intelligence Agency, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
organized crime, anti-Castro Cubans
and the military-industrial complex
provided the arena in which the
assassination was planned and com-
pleted.
In a 26-volume report, the Warren
Commission concluded that
Kennedy was the victim of a lone
assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. The
report says that three shots were fired
by Oswald from an open sixth-story
window in the Texas School Book
Depository. The last of the shots,
often referred to as the “Magic
Bullet,” caused no less than seven
wounds in the president and John
Connally.
Stone posits that the Warren
Commission report is a collection of
the worst sort of lies, alterations and
distortions, meant to lead the
American public away from the truth.
Stone’s critics say the same thing
about “JFK.”
The vehemence with which
Stone has been personally attacked
by the national media and the often
indignant invectives in the “Readers
Write” sections of virtually every op-
ed page in the country serve as testi-
mony to the provocative nature of his
movie.
No less than the Pulitzer Prize-
winning, nationally syndicated
columnist George Will devoted a pre-
movie-release column to a castigation
of Stone and the movie. Dan Rather,
the evening anchor for CBS, has
taken a series of shots at “JFK” and
Stone. The National Press Club, an
open forum which meets weekly in
Washington, had Stone as guest
speaker a few weeks back.
Normally disparate news organi-
zations such as the New York Times
and the Wall Street Journal have
closed ranks and attacked Stone and
those who may raise a voice in his
defense.
The bulk of the criticism and
commentary has been of a pejorative
nature. Many of the arguments are
aimed directly at Stone, not at the
credibility of documented facts dis-
puting the validity of the Warren
Commission report.
The composite character called
“X,"- which Stone told the National
Press Club is based on Col. Fletcher
Prouty (who advised Stone on the
film), has received especially severe
criticism. Prouty served as a liaison
between the State Department and
the intelligence community at the
See KENNEDY, page 6
Preliminary figures show increased enrollment for "92
By Anthony Flowers
UP wire editor
Enrollment took an upswing this
semester on the Lamar-Beaumont
campus with increases primarily in
the graduate level.
In a preliminary tabulation, Elmer
Rode, dean of records and registrar,
said the total count is 9,338 students
on the Beaumont campus. This is an
increase of more than 1 percent over
last spring’s enrollment.
“These are preliminary num-
By Dawn Shoup
UP staff writer
Student Support Services is offer-
ing free night tutoring in Morris and
Combs dormitories for qualified stu-
dents.
Loycc Sinegal, director of the
program, urges students to sign up
immediately or
before the sixth
week of the
semester.
In order to
qualify for
tutoring, stu-
dents must
meet one of
three require-
ments.
They must meet the low income
requirement, be physically handi-
capped or have parents without a
four-year college degree.
. There will be help offered in
math, English, biology, chemistry,
physics, computer science and other
subjects.
\
bers,” Rode said. “The official count
won’t be out until after the 12th class
day.” i
The major increase was in the
number of graduate students attend-
ing this semester. Rode attributes
this increase to better recruiting
practices and better offerings in
graduate classes. The total is 695,
which is up 125 from last spring.
The total credit hours for the
semester is 96,059. Rode interprets
the 1/2 percent decrease in this total
as more students taking fewer hours.
The sessions will be taught by
tutors who have made As or Bs in the
classes they wish to tutor. They must
also have letters of recommendation
from their department heads.
“Students who go through tutor-
ing will be required to attend four
study skill Sessions,” Sinegal says.
Tutoring will be held Monday
through
Thursday,
6:30 p.m. to
9:30 p.m.,
and Friday
through
Sunday by
appointment
only.
Sinegal
says she hopes students will take
advantage of the service. She will talk
to each student and explain the bene-
fits of the program.
“We’re doing this for them (stu-
dents),” Sinegal said. “I will hire stu-
dents from the residence halls as
tutors to avoid transportation prob-
lems.”
Wayne Seelbach, vice president
of academic affairs, says he is not sur-
prised by the increase.
“Lamar has always run counter to
the trends,” he said, but didn't spec-
ulate on Lamar's future.
“It is difficult to predict trends,”
he said. “Too many things could
happen. If Chevron were to close
and those workers decided to go to
school and get retrained, for
instance, that would make a differ-
ence in enrollment.”
The new admission require-
ments, which Seelbach said are not
yet approved and will not go into
effect until fall 1993, would have a
long-term positive effect on enroll-
ment.
“They would improve retention
and support of the students here and
help attract people from outside the
area,” he said.
Rode says that one advantage for
this semester was the telephone reg-
istration system.
“Sixty percent of the students
used the system to enroll, and 70 per-
cent of the drop/adds have been
done by phone,” he said.
Rode did not know of any time
when the system was down for very
long, but he said delays did result
when too many people tried to use
the system at the same time.
Rode said the system will be
upgraded for summer and fall 1992
so that callers may review open sec-
tions of a class.
“This way the student doesn’t
have to go back to the schedule and
dig to find an open section,” he said.
“Often, too, because the schedule is
printed so far in advance, new open-
ings aren’t there so no one knows
about them. This way they will.”
Rode and Seelbach said sugges-
tions about the system would be
both appreciated and acted upon.
“I don’t use the system; they do,”
Rode said. “So they are the ones who
know how it’s working. I want to
know what they think.” Suggestions
should be directed to Rode in the
records office of the Wimberly
Building.
SGA begins
semester
with player
adoption
By Joy LeBlanc
UP staff writer
The Student Government
Association began a new semester
with the Cardamigo drawing for orga-
nizations “adopting” players from
both the men’s and women’s basket-
ball teams.
The drawing involved 16 organi-
zations that committed to adopting a
man and/or woman player for the
remainder of the season. These orga-
nizations are encouraged to support
their Cardamigos with signs and visu-
al support at the games.
Public Affairs chairperson
Brandon West would like to see the
Cardamigo program grow into other
areas of athletics.
“What we want to do is extend it
into baseball season,” West said. “I
SGA, page 4
Gourtside tempers flare
Photo by Brian Vincent
Coach Mike Newell expresses his frustration with the officiating in Wednesday night's non-confer-
ence game between the Cardinals and the Southern University Jaguars. Newell's actions caused
officials to charge him with two technical fouls and eject him from the game.
Night tutoring
Student Support Services
offering academic help
Tutoring will be held Monday
through Thursday at 6:30
p.m. and Friday through
Sunday by appointment.
*
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