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Feature
Sports
“God is the Celebrity-Author of the World’s
The Beaumont Music Commission will present the
Carla Chase, a member of the Lamar women’s track
Best-Seller.”
Lerner and Loewe musical “Gigi” on Thursday .
team, is profiled.
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j Friday, February 9,1996 Serving Lamar University and the community for 72 years Vol. 72, No. 32
Ex-Lady Cardinal , LU Foundation
University responds to Clements accusations elects president,
Tracy Harbin
and Michael Thibodeaux
UP staff
Lamar University will conduct an
internal investigation into allegations
made by former female basketball play-
er Emma Clements that she was recruit-
ed under false pretenses, Mike O’Brien,
athletic director, said Thursday in an
emergency press conference.
On Thursday morning, USA Today,
reported that Clements has said that she
was conned by Lamar University and
assistant women’s basketball coach
Madhavan Pillai. She said that she was
promised a house and a car. She also
said that she was shown pictures of a
university that was not Lamar.
“We called an emergency meeting of
the Athletic Council this morning,”
O’Brien said. “Our purpose is to take a
pro-active stance regarding this allega-
tion.”
O’Brien said there was no indication
from Clements during her exit interview
from Lamar on May 11,1995, that there
were any wrong doings during her play-
ing stint at Lamar. He said that he per-
sonally conducted the interview.
“She never indicated any recruiting
irregularities or violations,” he said.
Clements signed a statement on Aug.
29, 1994, stating that no NCAA viola-
tions occurred during her recruitment.
“We affirm there were not any viola-
tions of NCAA regulations and that this
allegation is unfounded,” O’Brien said.
“We will continue to conduct ourselves
under the guidelines of the Sun Belt
Conference and the NCAA.”
Pillai did not attend the press confer-
ence. David McKey, women’s basketball
coach, spoke on his behalf.
“Madhavan is responsible for all
recruiting,” McKey sa)d. “I have confi-
dence that what he says is the truth.”
McKey said that about a month ago,
he decided to take a “more hands on”
approach to the basketball recruitment
vice president
for FY19%
The board of directors of the Lamar
University Foundation has elected
Michael E. (Mike) Aldredge' as its
president for the fiscal year 1996.
Elected to serve as vice president is
William B. (Bill) Mitchell.
Jim McFaddin, previous president
of the foundation, will serve as trea-
surer, while new board member
Geraldine (Jerry) LeBlanc will serve
as secretary.
A native of Gilmer and a 1965 grad-
uate of Lamar State College of
Technology with a bachelor’s degree
in industrial engineering, Aldredge
currently serves as chairman of the
board and chief executive officer for
Puffer-Sweiven, Inc., in Stafford.
Previously serving as president of
the Lamar University Alumni Asso-
ciation, Aldredge serves on that orga-
nization’s board of directors in addi-
tion to serving the Lamar University
Industrial Engineering Advisory
Council and the Cardinal Club. He
and his wife Pat reside in Bellville and
are the parents of two sons, Ed and
Marc.
Currently vice chairman of Texas
Instruments in Dallas, Mitchell earned
his bachelor of science degree in
mechanical engineering from Lamar
State College of Technology in 1958
and additionally earned a master’s of
science degree in engineering from
Southern Methodist University. He
serves on the boards for the American
Electronics Association and the Dallas
County Commun-
ity College District
Foundation as well
as other civic orga-
nizations in the
Dallas area.
Mitchell and his
wife Mary reside in
Dallas and have
three daughters,
Eleanor, Mary and
Rebecca.
McFaddin concluded two terms as
president for the foundation. Presently
involved with several business activi-
ties, McFaddin is active in Beaumont
civic programs, particularly the
BISD/Lamar University/Ben Rogers I
HAVE A DREAM program. As a cur-
rent member of the board of trustees
for Lon Morris College in Jackson-
ville, McFaddin will additionally
assume a position on the foundation’s
executive committee as immediate
past president. He and his wife
Margaret reside in Beaumont.
A native of Port Arthur and a 1973
graduate of the University of
Texas-Pan American, LeBlanc served
Lamar University as director of
development, assistant to the secre-
tary for the Lamar University
Foundation and as the Foundation’s
executive director until her retire-
ment in 1994. She previously served
as executive director for the UT-Pan
American Alumni Association during
her residency in Edinburg. LeBlanc
and her husband Bill currently reside
in Port Arthur.
The Lamar University Foundation
financially assists students and faculty
of Lamar University through its
endowments, established by donors.
For fiscal year 1996, the Foundation
expects to transfer to the university in
excess of $220,000 for scholarships and
more than $140,000 toward faculty
salary supplements.
For more information about the
Lamar University Foundation, call
880-2117 or write to P. O. Box 11500,
Beaumont 77710.
See RESPONSE, page 2
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famar professor takes
poetic license with
*heavenly' animals
If a “heaven of animals” is a poem to James Dicky, it
is the title of a book to Keith Carter, photographer and
associate professor of art at Lamar.
Carter, who has already published three books of
photo essays, has a new book on the market and will
conduct a book signing on Feb. 17 at the Book Gallery,
corner of North and Harrison.
“The book is not about people and their pets. It’s
about the commonality of all living things,” Carter said.
“I have a great affection for animals, and I do not try to
photograph them any differently than I would people.”
In the new book, Carter uses a variety of pho-
tographs to show animals and people in the same types
of settings to illustrate the relationships among all living
things.
“I don’t find that much of a difference between ani-
mals and man,” he said, “but that is my own idiosyn-
crasy. Since I look at my work as art, I think it is impor-
tant to use one’s idiosyncrasy — that which makes a
person different.”
Carter got the idea for the title of this book from a
phrase in a poem by Southern writer James Dicky.
Carter said that he didn’t really like the poem itself, but
the thought of a heaven of animals moved him to pro-
duce a creative body of work.
“I normally work backwards. I will find a title that I
like, and then I try to spend two to three years making
a wide variety of pictures that revolve around that title,”
Carter said.
In “Heaven of Animals,” Carter has turned up the
heat a notch. His previous three books dealt with the
See CARTER, page 2
Faculty lecturer
Nomination deadline set for Feb. 29
Samantha McGuire
UP staff writer
Lamar faculty, retired faculty,
staff, students, and alumni have an
opportunity to recognize outstand-
ing teachers or scholars by nomi-
nating them for the tenth
Distinguished Faculty Lecturer
Award.
“I would like to encourage the
students to submit nominations,”
Richard Drapeau, chair of the
award committee, said. “Just send
me a written letter with the name
of the nominee before February
29.”
There will be a dinner for the
honoree, his or her guests, the
sponsor and representatives from
the university community on
.October 14,1996. The honoree will
then present a lecture/presenta-
tion, and a reception will be held
after the presentation honoring the
recipient.
The presentation will be pub-
lished and distributed to those
attending the event, and copies of
the publication will be sent to each
Texas university library and to
other universities throughout the
United States. The award also
includes a $1,000 stipend.
Drapeau said nominees will
have approximately three weeks to
put together a resume including all
of their publications, work done in
'their field and an introduction of
the topic of their lecture.
A committee composed of fac-
ulty, alumni, students and staff will
choose and announce the recipient
of the award in May. The commit-
tee considers the nominee’s cre-
dentials and how interesting the
lecture topic will be to an audience.
“We want to make sure the
audience is having an exciting
experience,” Drapeau*said.
Student governments
LUPA, LUIT to discuss
sexual orientation issue
Tracy Harbin
UP editor
Resolutions asking for a sexual orienta-
tion clause to be added to the Texas State
University System handbook have been
sweeping student governments within the
system. Lamar University-Port Arthur and
the Lamar University Institute of
Technplogy, the only two schools left in
the TSU System who have not adopted
resolutions, said they both plan to address
the issue at their next scheduled meetings.
Roosevelt Petry, LUPA SGA president,
said the issue has not formally been
brought before the student body so he was
not free to express his personal opinions
on the issue.
“We have not discussed the issue at this
time,” he said. “It will, however, be
addressed at our next meeting on Feb. 14.”
Paul Bronson, LUIT SGA faculty advi-
sor, said the LUIT SGA plans to vote on
the issue on Feb. 15.
Charles Gallagher, LUIT SGA presi-
dent, was unavailable for comment at
press time.
SGA resolutions throughout the system
have been calling for a clause in the system
handbook stating that a person cannot be
discriminated against because of sexual
preference.
Sherry Penick, chair of the LU Student
Advisory Board delegation for Lamar
University-Beaumont, said the issue
evolved from an incident at Southwest
State University in 1994. A resident was
harassed in the dormitory because he was
a homosexual. The Student Government
Association addressed the issue by passing
See SGA, page 2
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