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Cultural Diversity,” Barbara Gerner de Garcia’s
“Literacy for Hispanic Deaf Students: Home, School
and Community” and Ramon Gonzales and Jean
Andrews’ “Recruiting and Training Hispanics to
Become Teachers of the Deaf.” Michael Bienenstock
will have a panel discussion.
Darien said the cultural outlook of today’s class-
room is becoming increasingly diverse. Teachers and
other professionals in the educational sector need to
be able to intergrate into their curricula the multicul-
tural influences that are reflective of the general popu-
lation.
The fastest growing population of school-age chil-
dren in the state of Texas, as well as many other states,
is of Hispanic origin.
Alcazar will focus on Hispanic cultures, specifically
that of the Mexican-Americans. Examples of common
misconceptions which affect the educational potential
of this population will be discussed.
Alcazar is a teacher of the hearing impaired in San
Antonio.
Collier will focus on the various resources available,
due process procedures and the legal rights of parents
and deaf children.
Collier is a community services specialist/ deaf pro-
ject coordinator in Austin.
Darien said Davila will focus on the serious prob-
lems of self-identity and image of Hispanic deaf chil-
dren that hinder academic performance. These prob-
lems come from the lack of role models for the chil-
dren.
Davila is the headmaster for the New York School
for the Deaf in White Plains.
Deaf children and interpreters are miscommunicat-
ing because of the limited sign language vocabulary.
Jensema will focus on the merging of sign language
interpreting and speech recognition equipment and
different applications.
Jensema is the vice president for the Institute for
Disabilities Research and Training in Silver Spring,
Md.
Darien said Martinez will provide practical, every-
'day information on how to critically appraise test
assessment procedures to teachers, parents and admin-
istrators.
Martinez is the director of the multicultural educa-
tion programs division at the American
Speech/Language and Hearing Association.
Ortiz will examine issues associated with serving
children with hearing impairments who come from
culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Darien said Ortiz will discuss English as a second lan-
guage.
Ortiz is the associate dean for academic affairs and
research at the University of Texas at Austin.
Darien said de Garcia will discuss how to achieve
culturally responsive education which will prepare
them for life in their family, the American mainstream,
the community of their home culture and the deaf
community. De Garcia will focus on the level of litera-
cy expectations of deaf Hispanic children from teach-
ers.
De Garcia is an assistant professor of educational
foundations and research at Gallaudet University in
Washington.
Gonzales will discuss the shortage of Hispanic
teachers in the field of Deaf Education. Darien said
Gonzales will talk about the only program in the
United States specifically designed to recruit and
retain Hispanics to become teachers of Hispanic deaf
children.
Gonzales is the director of Hispanic Deaf Teacher
Training Program at Lamar.
Bienenstock will have a panel discussion of parents
and professionals, including how to determine a plan
of action to improve the educational attainment of
Hispanic deaf children and how to develop resolutions
for the future. Darien said Bienenstock will have time
set aside for a question-and-answer session after the
panel discussion.
Bienenstock is an assistant professor in the
Department of Communication Disorders and
Deafness at Lamar.
For further information on the conference, contact
Ramon Gonzales at 880-8170.
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Flood victims wait and wonder
Salvador Marinez sleeps in a hammock as he waits for the waters which have flooded his
home to subside last week in Frontera, about 70 kilometers from the capital Villhermosa in
the Mexican state of Tabasco. Flooding as a result of Hurricane Roxanne has forced hun-
dreds of families in the Tabasco areas out of their homes.
Governor-
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have high standards and we’re going to test and
if the school system fails then we expect to reme-
dy it. It’s the same with our children. I mean we
expect we’ve provided tough love with the
toughest side of tough love. We’ve got new laws
but it’s up to the local people to intercede in the
lives of at-risk kids. States cannot make people
love one another, so it’s high standards for our
children.”
Bush also discussed the outcome of
Wednesday morning’s meeting with the presi-
dent of Argentina, praising free trade.
“It’s so important for the people of Jefferson
County and the Golden Triangle and Harris
County to understand that free trade means
jobs,” Bush said. “We’ve got a trade balance or a
trade surplus with Argentina that’s significant.
It’s over a billion dollars, which means that
somebody in our state is getting a job as a result
of trade with Argentina, and the idea is to keep
trade alive and well.”
Wednesday’s annual meeting had the largest
turnout of any of the chamber’s 9? annual meet-
ings.
Scholarship-
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sumer sciences.
“I needed the financial assistance, and
it’s good to participate in these kinds of
things,” Kavette said. “It was extremely
interesting, a great experience and a big
relief”
Kavette said this scholarship is good for
the family and consumer sciences program.
^“She is a mature student who is return-
ing to college. We are delighted to have her
here,” Jane Hinchey, family and consumer
sciences department chair, said.
Debbi Cbok, registered dietician and
professor, said Kavette received the schol-
arship because of her experience in restau-
rant institutional foods, her GPA and her
interest in serving healthy foods.
“This is a statewide competition, and it is
quite unusual for one school to have four
students receive the same scholarship,”
Cook said.
SGA-
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recanted because they did not have all
the facts at the time they made their
decision.
Two hours after Paulus resigned,
Sherry Penick, SGA junior senator,
regional director and chair of the
board of directors, called an emergen-
cy meeting. She told the board of
Paulus’ resignation and told them she
believed that the president of TSA,
Russel Langley, was lobbying.
“We had a sneaky suspicion that the
president of our organization was
engaging in lobbying activities. At our
Friday morning meeting, he gave his
presidential report to the assembly. It
was nothing but his lobbying efforts.
That’s all that he talked about,” Penick
said. “The word ‘lobbying’ came out of
his mouth numerous times, even
though he knows it’s against the law
for TSA to lobby.”
According to Paulus, in order for an
organization to lobby, they have to be
classified in the right tax bracket, and
TSA is not in the right tax bracket to
lobby. They are trying to achieve a
non-profit status, which means they
cannot lobby above a certain very
small percentage.
“They were essentially just saying
we’ll tell the IRS one thing, and we’ll
do another thing, which, as treasurer,
puts me in a really bad position,”
Paulus said.
Langley was told of the accusations
of lobbying.
“I am very shocked. There is a vast
difference between lobbying and talk-
ing to legislators,” Langley paid.
Penick also resigned and pulled out
of the election for president.
At the emergency meeting, it was
discussed whether to withdraw the
whole SGA organization from TSA.
Lamar University-Beaumont’s SGA,
Lamar University’s Institute of
Technology’s SGA, Lamar
University-Orange’s SGA and Angelo
State University’s SGA all decided to
withdraw from TSA by the end of the
meeting.
“It did my heart good to see all the
three Lamar schools that were there
stand together, work together and do
what was right,” said Guy Jackson,
head of SGA’s legislative affairs com-
mittee. Jackson also pulled out of the
elections. He was running for legisla-
tive information director.
Other schools, such as East Texas
State University, are still presenting
the issue of withdrawal and will take
a vote.
According to Penick, there were
some good things that came out of this
conference. Lamar’s SGA and Angelo
State University’s SGA are going to
try to plan another organization which
will better fit their needs. Angelo
State withdrew their bid for hosting
the spring TSA conference and,
instead, invited the smaller universi-
ties to talk over small school issues.
“I feel that it was a very good step
that we had to take. As student bqdy
president, I don’t want to see Lamar’s
name tied up with any organization
that is being looked upon by the IRS
and is probably breaking laws that
could bring a lot of penalties and neg-
ative views toward that organization
and all those associated with it,” said
Lance Broussard, SGA president.
UP Briefs
Pulse deadline extended
The deadline for Spring 1996 edition of Pulse, the
campus literary journal* has been extended to Nov.
17. Pulse accepts fiction, poetry, essays and transla-
tions. Submission forms are available in Maes 03
and 04.
Rock band to play benefit show
Local rock/metal band Destroyer will play tonight
at 7:30 at the Bridge City Community Center on West
Roundbunch Road. Admission is free with two
canned goods. The person bringing the most canned
goods will receive an autograph collection, including
artists Megadeth, Dangerous Toys, and Ted Nugent.
All donations will benefit the Women and
Children’s Shelter of Southeast Texas For more infor-
mation, call 882-0945.
Non-credit courses scheduled
Two non-credit courses are scheduled on campus
for Nov. 1 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. The courses offered
are intermediate photography and computer-assisted
typing II.
For more information, call 880-2233.
Renaissance costume contest
The Texas Renaissance Festival will be holding a
Halloween costume contest on Saturday near
Plantersville. Judging of costumes will take place in
three categories; adult, couple and child. Prizes will be
given for each category, including two Continental
Airlines roundtrip tickets to England for the best cos-
tumed adult.
The contest will be held from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. For
more information call 1-800458-3435.
LUSDA meeting scheduled
The Lamar University Student Dietetic
Association will hold an informative meeting on
Monday in 107 Home Economics Building at 1:45
p.m. Connie Elliff will speak on the topic of dietetic
internships.
For more information, call 769-5402.
ASM to hold meeting
The Association for Systems Management will
hold its monthly meeting on Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. in 101
Galloway Business Building. Gary Simmons, system
operator for the Bird Nest BBS, will demonstrate bul-
letin board systems and applications. Refreshments
will be served.
Lamar Alive to present FallFest ’95
The Lamar Cardinal FallFest will take place on
Saturday at Gladys City from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m It will
include food, games, a fun-run and a haunted house.
There will also be a “Safe Candy Trick-Or-Treat” sched-
uled from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Discovery Zone will also be
there for kids.
For more information, call 880-8722.
Deadline for submitting announcements for UP
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