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Firecracker!
The third in a three-part fire pre-
vention series focuses on Lamar
Univeristy Institute of Technology
graduate Jane Rickman.
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Sports
Quote of the day
Lamar’s lady volleyball team beat
Western Kentucky Sunday night, quali-
fying LU for the conference tourna-
ment.
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“It was we, the people; not we, the
white male citizens; nor yet we, the
male citizens; but we, the whole peo-
ple, who formed the Union.”
— Susan B. Anthony
Daylight Saving Time will
begin at 2 a.m. Sunday. Turn
your clocks back one hour.
University Press
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Friday, October 28,1994
Lamar University Beaumont, Texas
Vol. 71, No^
LUPD to enforce law against
illegal license plate violations
Stephan Malick
UP editor
“What we are trying to do
is to make the student body
aware of the law and aware
that the law will be
enforced,” Vernon Glossup,
chief of the Lamar University
Police Department, said this
week.
What Glossup is referring to is
Article 6675a-3e, sections 5 and
8, and Article 6675b-7 of the
Texas Criminal Law and Motor
Vehicle Handbook, 1993-94 edi-
tion, which states that motor
vehicles cannot be operated with-
out a front and rear license plate.
Also, these plates cannot be
Obscured. They must be legible.
Glossup said that a license
plate must be visible so that it
can be plainly seen at all times in
the daylight. He also said vehi-
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cles without front and rear
license plates are in violation of
the law.
“This is an unhealthy trend,
because the tinting of plates, or
the lack of one, makes it difficult
for officers to properly identify a
vehicle,” Glossup said.
Examples he cited were tinted
license plate covers and the use
of fraternity or sorority plates in
place of a legal plate.
Glossup said violators will be
referred to the municipal court of
Beaumont and the offender can
be fined $200.
“What we (the LUPD) are
trying to do is make every-
one aware and provide some
time for people to correct the
situation on their own. The
LUPD will begin to enforce
this violation within the very
near future,” Glossup said.
Glossup said LUPD offi-
cers will be on the lookout for
violators and pull them over,
while patrols will pass through
parking areas and cite offenders.
“What we are doing is a ser-
vice to the students. We are let-
ting them know what the law says
is legal, and giving them some
time to correct the situation. I
think if we did not notify the stu-
dents of what we are doing, we
would be negligent in our duties.
This law applies on and off cam-
pus, and this could prevent some-
one from getting stopped and
fined out in the community,”
Glossup said.
Late billing draws student complaints,
Tellier says fee does not violate contract
TIacy E. Harbin
UP staff writer
Late billings for the fall 1994
library fee have been met with
student complaints, Cliff Clay,
campus bursar, said.
He said his office so far has
received one letter and numer-
ous phone calls questioning the
late billing. Clay said he was
sorry for the inconvenience, but
it could not be helped.
“The Board of Regents asked
us to do this library fee, and so
we have to do it,” he said. “We
are doing everything we can to
make it as easy as possible. We
are not killing any classes.
People have asked if they can
pay in parts and we said ‘sure.’
If the time to register for the
spring semester rolls around and
the only fee left on their bill is
library, they can still fegister.”
The fee did not go into effect
until June. Because registration
begins in April, this provided a
problem, Clay said. He said the
finance office tried to catch
some of the students during
drop and add, and there was a
September billing. He said there
were no complaints during
either,process. However, Clay
said 1,014 students were missed
and they had to be billed.
Sue Tellier, vice president of
finance and operations, said the
library fee was initiated by the
students. In September 1993, the
Student Government
Association proposed a resolu-
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residents
Kizzie
Nobels, from
left to right,
Jarvis
Fontenot Jr.
and Shonfer
Marvoe sur-
vey the over-
flowing
waters of the
Neches
River at the
corner of
Taliaferro
and Martin
streets in the
northeast
part of the
city.
Photo by
Mark Smith
Flood damages 1-10 bridge on San
Stephan Malick
UP editor
The Texas Department of Transportation
has reopened Interstate 10 for westbound
traffic over the San Jacinto River bridge.
Eastbound traffic is being rerouted because
of damage to the bridge supporting the east-
bound lanes.
Motorists traveling from Beaumont to
Houston can expect two open westbound
lanes, according to the TXDOT telephone
Information Hotline, but travelers cannot
return to Beaumont by using Interstate 10.
Janelle Gbur, public information officer
for the TXDOT-Houston office, advises
using alternate routes to Beaumont via Texas
Highway 225 through LaPorte to Texas
Highway 146 through the Baytown Tunnel to
Interstate 10. Gbur said that from the 146
“The Texas Department of Transportation expects the repairs to take about
18 months.”
— Janelle Gbur
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and 1-10 junction, motorists can drive direct-
ly to Beaumont.
Highway 90 through Liberty and Dayton
to FM 1960 to Interstate 59 is open as an
alternate route to Houston.
Gbur said engineers from TXDOT are
surveying the damage to the southern bridge
over the San Jacinto River, and expect that
section will be closed for about 18 months
for repairs. She said TXDOT is seeking an
emergency construction contract to speed up
the repairs. Officials said they are optimistic
that construction and the return of normal
travel on Interstate 10 can be accomplished
in fewer than 18 months.
Damage to the bridge was a result of
flood currents undermining the foundations
of the support columns. Those same currents
are also being blamed for washing out the
fender system under the bridge. The fender
system is a series of metal skirts protecting
the support columns against damage from
passing barges and other water traffic.
Gbur said there are loose barges on the
river, and TXDOT is concerned about the
possibility of a loose barge hitting unprotect-
ed support columns.
“Structurally, the bridge is probably
sound, but the fender system is a vital safety
feature of the bridge; and there are enough
concerns about the foundation to warrant its
closure. Until the water recedes some more,
Five LU-B staff employees
were honored Wednesday with
Regents’ and President’s Staff
Awards. The awards, the highest
a staff employee can receive,
were announced in a recogni-
tion ceremony in Gray Library.
The awards
Olin reacts quickly to odor on campus
Stephanie Mullins
UP managing editor
An odor hung over parts of
the Lamar campus Monday,
causing a burning sensation in
some peoples’ noses and chests
and prompting a Lamar profes-
sor to investigate the cause.
Thomas Glenn, a
Channelview senior, said when
he was walking from the
Wimberly Building to the Setzer
Student Center Monday after-
noon, he started coughing for no
reason.
“I didn’t think anything of it,”
Glenn said. “I was coughing, but
I didn’t smell anything at the
time.”
Later on that same day, about
3:30 p.m., Glenn was walking
back to the Setzer Student
Center and experienced a burn-
ing feeling in his upper chest and
eyes.
“The burning sensation lasted
about five minutes, and then I
had a headache,” he said. Glenn
said he thought the two instances
were probably related.
Howard Perkins, director of
student publications, also Came
in contact with the smell.
“I was coming back to the
Setzer Student Center from a
meeting and a I smelled an
odor,” he said.
At first, Perkins thought the
smell was coming from a clean-
ing product in a nearby garbage
can, but then when the smell
didn’t go away and started to
attack his chest and eyes, he
became concerned.
Perkins said he heard a facul-
ty member say the smell was sul-
furic acid. Several students had
also made comments to Perkins,
saying they could smell some-
thing at the Art Building and at
the university post office.
Perkins immediately went to
his office and called Olin
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are sponsored
by the staff
senate.
The
President’s
awards were
presented to
Priscilla
Parsons,
Donna Rae
Cobb and Jill
Rowley.
Lamar for 12 years.
Blankenship is a clerk III ir
the records office and hai
worked for Lamar for 13 years
Gaglianella is a technical assis
tant III in Gray Library and ha:
worked at Lamar for eigh
years.
“All too often, we
take staff employees
for granted. They, like
the faculty, do an out-
standing job and we do
npt praise them
enough.”
M. Paul
Roy, whc
retired in
August aj
director oj
placemen]
on th<
Lama
Institute o
Technolog;
campus, wa
honored fo
and
Jane
given to Kay
Blankenship
Gaglianella.
President’s Awards carry a
stipend of $300 each and the
Regents’ Awards are $500.
Parsons is a
programmer/analyst II in sys-
tems and programming. She has
been with Lamar for seven
years. Cobb is an administrative
technician I in financial aid and
has worked with the depart-
ment for five years. Rowley is
assistant director of student
financial aid and has worked at
V
has workec
at Lamar for 31 years.
In addition, awards were pre
sented to staff members for 5
10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years o
service.
Employees retiring from thd
university during the past yea]
were also honored.
Rex Cottlel
Lamar-Beaumont presidenl
said, “All too often, we tak(
staff employees for granted
They, like the faculty, do an out
standing job, and we do no
praise them enough.”
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