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NOTICE
Wednesday, September 1,2004 University Press Page 2
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I love the weight of American Sunday newspapers.
Pulling them up off the floor is good for the figure.”
— Noel Coward
Today is the first issue of the University Press
for fall 2004. Because of the Labor Day holiday, the
next issue will be published Friday, Sept. 10.
The Galloway Business Building was prepared for an increase in student seating the first week of school
of which senior Curtis Fitts took full advantage. Where else would you read the newspaper?
WHITE
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for the trip, I wrote a letter
detailing the mission of our
homeland security program and
how the information I gathered
would bring a new level of
awareness to our students.”
White, who has more than 30
years of law enforcement experi-
ence, said most of his fellow trav-
elers were Americans from the
East Coast and California. He
was the only Texan. The group’s
education in terrorism came
from the president of the Israeli
Supreme Court, Aaharon Barak,
former Israeli ambassador Dore
Gold, and senior officials from
the Israel Security Agency and
Air Force.
White will be sharing his
experiences with students in
courses, including Introduction
to Homeland Security, Special
Topics in Law Enforcement and
Critical Infrastructure Protec-
tion.
“I think what will surprise
most of our homeland security
majors at Lamar
Institute of Technology is the
level of security in Israel and the
way its citizens have adapted to
that security.”
“I saw a big difference in the
attitude of the average Israeli cit-
izen who faces long security
delays — for example, at air-
ports. They have no problem with
the delays. They are very cooper-
ative. They are well aware that
they are in a daily fight for sur-
vival.
“When you try to enter a
hotel or restaurant in that coun-
try, you are greeted outside by a
person who is very obviously
armed. They are polite, but it
doesn’t matter whom you’re with
or whom you know. You are
checked out thoroughly. In pub-
lic parks, armed members of the
Israeli Defense Force are always
patrolling.
“At the borders, it’s also sur-
prising to see so many young but
very mature soldiers. There are
18- to 22-year-old men and
women manning the borders.
Young women usually work the
security cameras, zooming in and
out, watching activity around
buildings and homes.
Their administrators told us
they’ve found that women are
superior at this kind of work, he
said.
“In Tiberius,” he said, “I
watched 30 girls get off a school
bus. Leading the way was a man
carrying an automatic rifle, and the
last person out of the bus was also
armed. Everywhere these students
went they had armed guards.
“Hopefully, Americans will
CONVOCATION
Continued from page 1
since 1999, student enrollment
has increased 35 percent. First-
time students are up 28 percent.
He also pointed out that
there is a 49 percent increase in
African-American students, a
42 percent increase in Asian
students, a 47 percent increase
in Hispanic students and a 106
percent increase in internation-
al students.
Since 1999 there have been
50 more faculty added at Lamar
and three additional endowed
chairs.
Simmons announced to the
audience that two new doctoral
programs were added— audiol-
ogy and education.
Some 1,600 new students
attended this year’s student ori-
entation, Simmons said.
Simmons mentioned that in
the last five years the faculty
has received a raise every year.
He pointed out the opening
of the newest dorm, Cardinal
Village III, and hinted at a pos-
never have to go to these
extremes or take all these meas-
ures. I want my students to real-
ize that in our nation there is still
time to thwart the terrorists who
threaten us. But we have to learn
from what others have endured.
Maybe then, we will not have to
endure the same.”
This was the institute’s pur-
pose in establishing a national
center for Homeland Security
training. LIT established the first
two-year degree program in
homeland security in the state of
Texas.
It also offers a one-year cer-
tification in homeland security,
Harry Wood, public relations
director, said. Graduates find
work in government agencies,
private businesses, industry and
medical facilities.
White served with the
Jefferson County Sheriffs
Department from 1970 through
2001 and directed training for
the sheriff department’s acade-
my for 20 years.
White has prepared an edu-
cational presentation on his
Israeli experiences for civic and
community groups in Southeast
Texas, Wood said.
For more information, call
880-1713.
sible Cardinal Village IV.
Simmons also cited renova-
tions such as new campus
boundaries, signs, lighting, the
recreational center that stu-
dents voted for in the spring, a
new dining hall and the comple-
tion of the MLK Parkway beau-
tification plan.
The growth in enrollment
has been crucial to the develop-
ment of Lamar, he said.
“See ya on campus,” he
concluded.
ENROLLMENT
Continued from page 1
enrolled at Lamar. In fall 2002,
enrollment was 9,401 and the
previous year it was 8,452,
Smith said.
When comparing today's
enrollment with enrollment
two years ago, Lamar has seen
a 13.53 percent increase, he
said.
"We won't have final
enrollment figures until the
20th class day," Smith said
about official 2004 figures.
"This is the university's
highest enrollment since
1983," Smith said.
In 1983, Lamar University
was part of the Lamar
University System and Lamar
Institute of Technology's
enrollment was added to
Lamar’s overall figures. At
that time, Lamar State College
Port Arthur and Lamar State
College-Orange also were part
of the LU system.
In 1983, LU and LIT had a
combined enrollment of
13,227. Figures for LU alone
were not readily available.
LU students have enrolled
in 120,331 semester credit
hours for fall 2004, a 5.73 per-
cent increase from this past
year and a 15.17 percent
increase when compared to
two years ago, Smith said.
Lamar University has
extended registration through
Friday, Aug. 25. Interested stu-
dents can enroll by visiting the
Wimberly Building between 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and
Friday. Before enrolling, all
potential students must apply
for acceptance into the univer-
sity.
Registration is open for all
qualified students at Lamar
University. Qualified students
can register through the
TouchNet Telephone System
or via the Internet. Admitted
students may call (409) 839-
2000 to register and pay fees
by telephone or visit
www.lamar.edu to do the same
on the Web.
All students must apply
and be accepted for admission
to Lamar University. Each
applicant must receive a
Personal Identification
Number (PIN) from his or her
advisor before registration.
Individuals interested in
attending classes at Lamar
should contact the admissions
office at (409) 880-8888. For
additional enrollment infor-
mation call (409) 880-8888.
RESTORE
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house from Habitat, but they
buy it at a zero-interest mort-
gage, she said. They’re paying
the price of the house, taxes
and insurance; but Habitat
doesn’t collect any interest.
“The houses we build are
very well built,” she said. “They
are fuel-efficient and energy-
efficient so that the homeown-
er doesn’t have a high energy
bill.”
At the same time, Habitat
builds the houses as inexpen-
sively as possible — this means
through some kind of dona-
tion, or, more important, with
the help of volunteers. The
actual construction of the
homes is accomplished with the
help of these volunteers, she
said.
The action of these volun-
teers is a great asset to getting
these homes built, but home-
owners also get to help with the
construction o£<iih^ir/ijwn
home. fpJgH
“The homeowner has to
put in 300 hours of sweat equi-
ty,” Trylowsky said, “or volun-
teering.”
There are two women in a
room next to Trylowsky’s office
who are folding newsletters as
a part of their 300 hours.
“The lady sitting in there
right now, a woman and her
daughter, she and her children
are going to be getting a house
that we will start building in
September,” Trylowsky said.
That lady is Shannan
Bailey. She and her four chil-
dren were selected to join the
Pinebrook neighbors on
Jenard.
“It’s a blessing in disguise,”
Bailey said, “Habitat is a pro-
gram that everybody needs to
know about. There are a lot of
people who don’t know about
Habitat, and its just amazing
when you come through the
orientation the things you
learn.”
• Habitat gets volunteers
from wherever it can, such as
corporate teams, churches and
Students.
pl^fhat’s why I want to set
up a student organization,”
Trylowsky said, “Students
could come out and help build
houses.”
Although she is not yet
ready to announce plans for an
organization on campus, a cam-
pus group could help Habitat
in many ways, Trylowsky said.
“First of all, the whole pur-
pose of Habitat is that it’s a
people-to-people ministry,” she
said.
This means that raising
money — corporate funds and
grants — is only one aspect of
it. The most important part is
people working together. The
more the word gets spread, the
more people will be aware of
Habitat and its purpose, she
said.
“If we can spread the word
on campus with students and
get them involved with
Habitat, then they can spread
the word to a whole other com-
munity that maybe we are not
reaching right now.”
Although the student-
based organization is in the
early stages of development,
Trylowsky hopes that students
will jump on the bandwagon
and tell their friends, family
and fellow classmates about
Habitat.
For people like Bailey,
Habitat has provided a wish
and has shown what the true
meaning of this organization is
all about.
“Personally, even if my
family wouldn’t have been
selected, I still would be doing
what I am doing right now,” she
said.
It’s just the idea of people’s
dreams being answered
because everybody wants to
own his own home, she said.
For more information, call 832-
5853.
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Mark Show
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