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^ .Friday, April 28,1995_____University Press
* Franklin-1—1-
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“I always wanted to be a
v track coach because I wanted to
* help people,” she said proudly.
* Franklin’s style of art is very
complex. Franklin wants viewers
* of her art to really think about
* what they are seeing. As always,
with art, there is no right or
wrong answer.
* *‘I am more into things that
¥ are about my culture. I don’t
know everything there is to
4 know about it. I researched to
»learn more about black culture.
k Whenever possible, I try to show
it in my work,” she said.
* Franklin begins to show some
► of her art work. Most of the
pieces show a disturbed tranquil-
ity in the faces of her subjects.
‘For example, in her piece
k “Hope,” the child is being lifted
up by adult hands. “Hope for
tomorrow,” she said, after giving
►the photo plenty of thought.
, “Motivation lifts youth because
they are. important.”
Franklin won her first award
►when she was a junior at
*.Eisenhower High School in
Houston. At her very first com-
petition, she won first place in
‘the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
•Black Art Festival. She received
^a $300 prize.
“I like to compare art to a
‘fantasy. Sometimes your art
•comes true and sometimes it
.doesn’t, just like fantasies,”
Franklin said.
* To some people’s amazement,
•Franklin has never entered her
.work in college, thus far. She
would one day like to, but right
‘now Franklin is quite satisfied
•with doing individual work and
.projects for various organiza-
tions.
* Franklin sits in front of one of
•her present projects — a portrait
.for a family reunion. She’s been
working on the portrait about a
‘week. Some progress has been
•made.
4 “Before I draw, I always
pray,” she said while looking at
the unfinished portrait. “I want
Him to give me the strength to
accomplish what I want. The
reason why my work always
comes out to be very satisfactory
is through Him.”
In addition to her booming
business in design, Franklin likes
to sing. Her enjoyment for
singing led her to join Psalm 150.
She’s been a member since 1992.
She stresses that feelings are
the motivation in all of the
things that she does, whether she
is drawing or singing.
“Just like art, you can use
your own style in music. You can
express yourself through the
facial and other expressions you
use when you sing,” Franklin
explained.
To give an explanation,
Franklin begins to sing portions
of one of her favorite gospel
songs, “Is My Living in Vain?,”
made famous by The Clark
Sisters. She sang the song in a
high school talent contest, where
she won first place.
Franklin has been singing “all
her life.” She notes that her fam-
ily is very musically inclined. She
has a brother, aunts and uncles
who have attempted to sing pro-
fessionally.
Members of Psalm 150 recog-
nize the changes they go through
once they accept membership.
The greatest challenge comes in
the form of Freddie Titus, the
group’s director. Titus wants his
members to strive for success,
something that Franklin values.
“Freddie is a very nice per-
son,” Franklin said with a smile
on her face and some concern in
her eyes. “He wants us to be the
best at everything. He feels aca-
demics, along with correct disci-
pline, is very important.”
Titus really believes that to
sing a song, they have to know
the whole story behind it.
Without that information, the
song isn’t going to be spiritually
meaningful.
Franklin speaks of the song,
“Elijah Rock,” which won them
a second place award at the
National Baptist Student Union
Retreat this March.
“He noticed that we couldn’t
get the song in the beginning.
Freddie gave us a Bible study on
the story of Elijah. Once he
taught the story, the song began
to come together,” Franklin said.
“That is why before choir
rehearsal we have Bible study.”
Psalm 150 recorded a gospel
tape this past summer. Franklin
said the greatest thing about the
tape is the sight of seeing “young
people singing for God and hav-
ing fun while doing it.”
“The tape is living proof that
no matter what age you are, you
are never too young to praise
God,” Franklin said. “The songs
show how good He is and also
what He can do for you.”
Students who pass through
the Setzer Center on a regular
basis have witnessed all those
banners hanging for the various
sororities and fraternities. A
majority of them are done by
Franklin. She has been doing the
banners and fliers since 1991.
Franklin has worked on ban-
ners and fliers for Alpha Kappa
Alpha, Zeta Phi Beta, Delta
Sigma Theta, Sigma Gamma
Rho, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Beta
Sigma and Omega Psi Phi.
Not only does she work for
sororities and fraternities,
Franklin works on logos and var-
ious designs for many LU orga-
nizations, such as the Black
Students Association, the
National Society of Black
Engineers and the newly formed
African-American Third Arm.
“I’m not a person who is out
to get money,” Franklin said.
“My main focus is on helping
people.”
Of all the work that Franklin
does for organizations, banners
really give her a thrill because
they are larger than what she is
used to working with.
“The longest time I’ve ever
spent on a banner is six hours.
I’ve done them straight without
any interruptions and it usually
takes about four to five hours,”
Franklin said. “When I have the
feeling it flows.”
In addition, Franklin is cur-
rently working on a letterhead
for a Christian bookstore, which
happens to be owned by Psalm
150’s Bible study teacher,
Angela Thomas.
In 1993, Franklin completed a
billboard for Art by Anton II, a
small business in Beaumont.
“I usually sell my portraits,
pictures of animals and black
pieces,” Franklin adds.
Whenever Franklin has free
time, she indulges herself in aer-
obics, running and weight lifting.
Franklin usually exercises with
Marie Price, friend and fellow
Psalm 150 member.
“We always exercise in the
evenings,” she said smiling. “It
helps us to relax after a long day
at school.”
Franklin has been a very
active person at Lamar. During
the 1991-1992 school year,
Franklin was a point guard on
the women’s basketball team.
She left the team because it con-
flicted with her school work.
In the 1992-1993 school year,
Franklin played intramural bas-
ketball and traveled, along with
the team, to Sam Houston State
University. The team was run-
ner-up in a tournament for the
championship.
She also played intramural
volleyball for the co-ed and
women’s teams in 1994. The
team won the Lamar champi-
onship game.
As graduation nears for
Franklin, she would like to do
some of the same things that she
is doing now.
“I want to work with comput-
er graphics for a corporation,
which will concentrate on logos
and T-shirt designs,” she said.
Whenever Franklin is not
busy with her graphic art career,
she would like to educate chil-
dren on the importance of being
an individual.
“I want to help the youth
today,” she said. “It is important
that they know about life. There
is more to life than just gangs
and having guns. They can be
anything they want to be. If they
want to be a doctor or an artist,
they can.”
Franklin credits her parents
for her success thus far in life.
She has seen them go through so
much, including a divorce.
“Through my lifetime, I have
seen my mother endure many
things. However, since the
divorce, even though things got
tough, there has always been an
opening at the end of the tun-
nel.”
“She’s the type of person who
puts God first in everything she
does. She has relied on Him and
He has always kept us going,”
Franklin said.
Franklin credits her father for
“showing her the game of life.”
“He told me to get out there
and go after whatever I want, no
matter what anyone says. He
also told me never to let anyone
run over me,” Franklin said.
As Franklin looked down on
her unfinished portrait, she said
no matter what you are going
through, there is always hope.
“Just because you are having
a terrible time today, doesn’t
mean that tomorrow will be the
same,” she said.
One day a young lady was
passing down Gray B-wing
when she suddenly stopped. She
peeped into the room to be
mesmerized by Franklin’s art-
work.
“I love your art,” the girl
said.
“Thank you,” Franklin said.
Franklin was ready for
another discussion on her art.
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“There are individual wires
which must be connected to
each office in order for the
computers to be hooked up to
the network.”
Brott said the project will
call for two more Net Builder
IIs on campus to complete the
network which interconnects
the 30 buildings. The two addi-
tional Net Builder IIs will be
located in the Mamie
McFaddin Ward Building and
in Brooks-Shivers Hall.
“Almost everyone on cam-
pus does have access now to
the Internet, either by direct
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modem in buildings which
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Those buildings that are
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one of two types of modems:
an in-place modem, which is
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many computer labs, two of
which are located in the Maes
Building and Gray Library.
If the students have dial-up
modems and have an account
number through Lamar, they
can use their home computers
to access the Internet.
Students may apply for an
account number in 202 Carl
Parker Building or 208 Maes
Building.
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the last issue of the
University Press for
the spring semester.
Deadlines for adver-
tising and editorial
material are Noon,
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