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Plastics
Norman Mailer once called plastic “a malign force loose in the uni-
verse that is the social equivalent of cancer.” Is it?
— Page 5
Tip about time
Don’t forget to ‘fall back’ by 2 a.m. Sunday. If you’re not going to be
up that late, reset your clock before you go to bed.
Friday, October 29,1999 A Three-Time Associated Press Texas Managing Editors Award Winner Vol. 76, No. 17
Lamar, community to come together
Investiture for Simmons Thursday
Hundreds of Lamar University stu-
dents, faculty and staff will participate
Thursday in a formal ceremony invest-
ing in James Simmons authority and
responsibility as the university’s 10th
president.
A university-community investi-
ture ceremony and a reception follow-
ing will characterize the spirit of part-
nership already evident in the Simmons
administration at Lamar. Both events
are open to the public.
“The investiture ceremony will
begin at 3 p.m. in the Montagne
Center, which also will be the site of a
public reception from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30
p.m.,” Camille Mouton, interim execu-
tive director of advancement, said.
“The reception will feature entertain-
ment by Lamar music students and fac-
ulty, as well as refreshments and the
opportunity to greet Simmons and his
wife, Susan.”
Regents of The Texas State
University System will be among par-
ticipants in the ceremony, which will be
patterned after the investitures of other
system presidents.
“Since his selection as Lamar pres-
ident, Dr. Simmons has received an
outpouring of support from the com-
See INVESTITURE, page 2
Eye on <||> Health
Mending Wall
Osteoporosis
can be threat
to all women
Lori Gayle Lovelace
UP staff writer
It only takes one osteoporosis-
induced fracture to shatter a woman’s
independence.
Osteoporosis, according to the
• Texas Medical Association, is the con-
dition resulting from an excessive loss
_of bone masg, causing brittle bones to
fracture easily.
All women are at some risk for the
condition as they become older, but
some women are more at risk than oth-
ers. Those who have a low-calcium diet,
a vitamin D deficiency, smoke or drink
excessively, are of Caucasian or Asian
decent, or have a relative with osteo-
porosis are at greater risk.
Women who lack exercise, are
petite, bedridden, have gone through
menopause and are not taking estrogen,
or are not having menstrual periods are
also at risk.
The use of steroids, according to
DeeDee Baxter, a GNC salesperson,
can also cause osteoporosis.
TMA states 50 percent of elderly
women who have hip fractures lose
their ability to walk independently, and
up to 33 percent become completely
dependent on a care-giver — and that’s
just among the women who survive.
More than 50,000 people die each
year from hip fractures and other frac-
tures caused by this bone-weakening
disease.
The tragedies caused by osteoporo-
sis can be prevented, but many women
„ think that once they reach a certain age,
it’s too late to protect themselves.
That’s not true — it’s never too late
» to prevent or slow down the effects of
osteoporosis.
The physicians of TMA say they
urge people to take care of their bones
by following some important osteo-
See OSTEOPOROSIS, page 2
Workers put up a miniature version of the Vietnam Street in Beaumont. The wall may be viewed by the public
Memorial Wall at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Pine today through Sunday.
Texas Department of Health hopes
for treats, not tricks for youngsters
Jennifer Ravey
UP staff writer
As ghoulish as some of the
masks and costumes are this year,
Halloween should not be a truly
frightening time for youngsters.
Haunted hotels and horror flicks
should be the only nightmarish
things happening on All Hallow’s
Eve.
However, children and parents
need to be careful, according to
Susan Warren, director of the Safe
Riders Program at the Texas
Department of Health.
“Parents may worry about the
safety of candy, but they also need to
be aware of the potential for
injuries,” Warren said.
The Texas Department of
Health has printed some suggestions
for children, parents and motorists as
the trick-or-treating begins.
CHILDREN:
• Look left, right and left again for
cars and trucks before crossing the
street, even in a quiet neighborhood.
Walk on sidewalks. If there isn’t a
See TRICKS, page 2
Smith
to present
reading
Nov. 8
Award-winning Texas author C.W.
Smith will present a reading from his nov-
els at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 8 in the
Spindletop Room on the eighth floor of
Gray Library.
Smith, professor of English at
Southern Methodist University, is the
author of six novels, including “Buffalo
Nickel” and two that won the Texas
Institute of Letters’ Jesse H. Jones Novel
Award for the best work of fiction:
“Understanding Women” (1998) and
“The Thin Men of Haddam” (1973).
“...C.W. Smith is a gentle magician:
He has created a beautiful work of art,”
John Nichols, author of ‘The Milagro
Beanfield War,’ wrote of ‘Understanding
Women.’
“This is a loving and courageous
novel, rich in humor, savvy, sex and a
social conscience.”
Smith’s other novels are “Country
Music,” “The Vestal Virgin Room” and
“Hunter’s Trap.”
A collection of short stories was pub-
lished in 1994.
In addition, his short stories have
appeared in American Literary Review,
American Short Fiction, Southwest Re-,
view, Mademoiselle and other magazines.
He also has been a reporter and film
critic for The Dallas Times Herald and a
free-lance journalist whose articles have
appeared in Esquire, TV Guide, Texas
Monthly, Eastern Review and The Texas
Humanist.
Besides the two fiction awards, Smith
received the Stanley Walker Award for
Journalism from the Texas Institute of
Letters.
Other honors include the Southwes;
tern Library Association Award for Best
Novel; the Dobie-Paisano Creative
Writing Fellowship from the University of
Texas.
Also, National Endowment for the
Arts Creative Writing Fellowships in 1996
and 1990; and the Texas Headliners’ fea-
ture story award.
Smith’s Lamar appearance is spon-
sored by the Lamar Department of
English and Foreign Languages and
College of Arts and Sciences, in coopera-
tion with the Texas Reading Circuit,
Texas Commission on the Arts and the
Austin Writers’ League.
Copies of his books will be available
at Kampus Korner Bookstore, 4625 Rolfe
Christopher Drive, adjacent to the Lamar
campus, said Jim Sanderson, associate
professor of English and coordinator of
the event.
The reading is free to the public.
Additional information is available from
Sanderson at (409) 880-8598.
OPMcCain
At the Institute of Technology health fair Thursday, Candice Cormier, a sophomore from
Bridge City, receives a flu shot from Janet Warner, director of the LU Health Center.
From cancer to condoms
Health fair to offer students
helpful information on issues
Christina Miner
UP managing editor
The Lamar Health Center will
hold a health fair on Tuesday from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Setzer
Student Center Ballroom.
“Basically what the health fair
is, is getting information out to stu-
dents, staff and faculty on what we
(the health center) have to offer at
Lamar as far as health information
goes,” Donna LaFluer-Loomis, the
center’s health educator, said.
Booths will be set up with
information provided by various
health groups, including the center
and the
Also, the American Heart
Association, the American Cancer
Society, Cristus St. Elizabeth Hos-
pital, and Memorial Herman
Baptist Hospital.
The booths will feature infor-
mation about food safety, nutrition,
alcohol awareness, correct condom
usage, testicular cancer and breast
self-exams.
The fair will also feature blood
pressure testing and body composi-
tion testing, she said.
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