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slightly less than 30,000 votes.
The Gore campaign said it
would send a team of
Democratic lawyers and vote-
counters to monitor the
recount.
Gore’s campaign chairman,
William Daley, said former
Secretary of State Warren
Christopher would oversee the
recount for the Democrats.
Division of Elections
Director Clay Roberts said
lawyers were also trying to
determine how that would work
and also had to gather the
state’s absentee ballots. The
state sent out 585,000 absentee
ballots, but 416,000 had been
returned by late Monday. Only
a few thousand were expected
to be returned from overseas.
“If history is any guide, in 1996
after the close of the polls we
received about 2,300 ballots,”
Roberts said.
Florida elections officials
said they didn’t know whether
they would have to wait the full
10 days before calling the elec-
tion. “Being this is the situa-
tion that hasn’t come up, I’m
going to have to get together
with my lawyers,” Roberts said.
“It has not been a fun night.”
After it appeared Bush had
won Florida, Bush was declared
the winner of the presidency by
several of the networks, and his
supporters began to celebrate.
But the vote margin shrank
steadily as late reports came in
from heavily Democratic
Broward and Palm Beach coun-
ties.
Gore called Bush to con-
cede defeat in the early morn-
ing hours, and then called back
to retract the concession. Daley
later appeared before Gore
supporters in Nashville, Tenn.,
to say the Gore campaign would
request a recount.
“This race is simply too
close to call and until the
recount is concluded and the
results of Florida become offi-
cial, our campaign continues,”
Daley said.
Bush campaign chairman
Don Evans told a crowd in
Austin, Texas, that the Bush
campaign was ready to claim
victory, but acknowledged the
race was extremely close.
“We hope and believe we
have elected the next president
of the United States,” he said.
“The latest count shows
Governor Bush winning that
state by more than 1,200 votes.
They are still counting and I am
confident when it is all said and
done, we will prevail.”
Butterworth, who is also
Gore’s Florida campaign chair-
man, said all parties involved
needed rest, but added: “The
Florida vote will be an accurate
vote for whichever candidate it
might fall for.”
The chaos in Florida was
likely to be intensified by voter
confusion in Palm Beach
County when several dozen vot-
ers said they voted for Pat
Buchanan instead of A1 Gore
because of ballots that were not
clearly marked and had an
arrow from Gore’s name, listed
second, pointing to the third
hole on the ballot. Elections
officials said the confusion was
caused by making type on the
ballots larger so voters could
read them.
Florida had to recount an
extremely close vote in the 1988
Senate race between U.S. Reps.
Connie Mack, a Republican,
and Buddy MacKay, a
Democrat. In that race, more
than 3.9 million votes were cast
and only 3,000 votes separated
Mack and MacKay. MacKay did
not concede defeat until eight
days later, after an examination
of the votes in five large coun-
ties had been completed.
Of Tuesday’s tight race,
Butterworth said, “Right now it
appears, whether Florida wants
to be here or not, we’re the
state that is going to determine
who the next president of the
United States is going to be.”
UP briefs-
Research conference to be held
Lamar University's nursing department’s Kappa Kappa is sponsor-
ing Kappa Kappa Research Day Saturday from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
in the LU Dishman Art Gallery Auditorium, spokesperson Cindy Sigur
said.
There will be a conference that will provide an opportunity to explore
different approaches to nursing research, she said.
For more information, call 880-8817.
Students receive scholarships
Three Lamar University women engineers receive scholarships total-
ing $5,000, Jack Hopper, dean of the College of Engineering, said.
Each student received one of the Society of Women scholarships.
Zvezdana Stojakovic received the Dell Computer Corp. Scholarship of
$2,000. Nashiha Hrustemovic received the DaimlerChrysler 2K
Renewable Scholarship for $2,000. And, Maya Sehic received the GTE
Foundation Scholarship for $1,000. To be eligible for these scholar-
ships students must be in good standing with the university and be
enrolled in an engineering or computer science program class for the
2000-2001 school year.
For more information, call 880-8785.
Students to be initiated
Sigma lota Epsilon is having its initiation banquet Friday at 7 p.m. on
the eighth floor of Gray Library, Kimberly Unruh, president, said.
Sigma lota Epsilon is a national management honor fraternity affiliat-
ed with the Academy of Management. This fall 12 new members will be
initiated.
Students eligible to be a part of this organization must have a suffi-
ciently high grade point average in both business and non-business
courses. Those students who are outstanding in scholarship, integrity,
leadership and management capabilities are selected for initiation.
For more information, call 960-6543.
Support group formed
Local support groups meet every other Thursday at 4 p.m. to help
survivors of domestic abuse, Cyndi Doleman, spokesperson, said.
There are two groups, “A support group for survivors of domestic
abuse” for adults age 18 and older and “A safe place to talk about
abuse" for children ages 8 to 18. The support groups meet at Victims’
Assistance Center, 1225 Pearl St„ Suite 118, in Beaumont. The groups
were formed to meet the needs of the community.
For more information, call 833-3377.
LUGLA schedules final meeting
The Lamar University Gay and Lesbian Association will be holding its
last meeting of the semester today at 6 p.m. in 108 Setzer Student
Center, Robert Helms, public relations representative, said.
The meeting will discuss World AIDS Day, the LU can food drive and
other events. The speakers for the evening will be Diane and Mary, dis-
cussing their problems and successes.
For more information, call 860-5090 or 880-8150.
Fraternity seeks clothing donations
Dryle Dry Cleaning Co. and Alpha Chi Omega are sponsoring a
clothes drive, which will continue through Nov. 16, Janell Howland,
president of Alpha Chi Omega, said.
Any kind of clothing may be donated. The donations will go to the
local shelters and charities.
For more information, call 924-7532.
Lamar offers holiday planning classes
Lamar University is offering non-credit classes on how to organize
your holiday plans, Rebecca Woodland, director of the non-credit pro-
grams, said.
Titled “Holiday Memory Albums," they are being offered Saturday
and Nov. 18 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s classes will focus on the
Spindletop 100th anniversary. The cost of this class is $30.
For more information or for a complete list of holiday courses, call
880-2233.
Jazz lecture to be presented
The McFaddin-Ward House is sponsoring a lecture by Bruce
Raeburn on the influence of jazz, Matt White, museum director, said. -
Raeburn will present his lecture titled “New Orleans Jazz and Its
Influence on American Mainstream Culture" on Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. at the
Bethlehem Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. The lecture is free.
However, seating reservations are required. There will also be a recep-
tion following the lecture.
For more information or reservations, call 832-1906.
LIT program receives YMBL grant
The Young Men’s Business League awarded a $3,500 grant to the
Emergency Medical Service program at Lamar Institute of Technology,
said LIT director of public relations Harry Wood.
Josiah Tyson, adjunct instructor for the EMS program, said the
money will be spent on new intubation, or airway mannequins.
The YMBL also sponsors the South Texas State Fair, the YMBL
Basketball Tournament and Rodeo to raise funds for local charities and
education. Children of YMBL members can receive scholarship funds
to attend LIT, Wood said.
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tions. Press release forms are available for organiza-
tion reporters in the UP office, 200 Setzer Student
Center. Information may be addressed to University
Press, P.O. Box 10055, Beaumont 77710 or by fax to
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