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UNIVERSITY PRESS September 12,1986*4
News Briefs
Ski club holds membership drive
The Cherokee Ski Club of Beaumont is conducting a membership drive
for all levels of skiers interested in skiing during the coming season, Scot-
tie Stone, spokesperson, said.
The club is planning several ski trips beginning in November.and begin-
ners are welcomed to take the trips, Stone said.
Instructors are available at the ski resorts at no extra charge to club
members, he said.
For further information, contact Stone at 839-4384.
ZietGiest to appear in Perch
The Lamar Setzer Student Center Council Concert Committee will
sponsor the ZietGiest band in concert tonight in the Perch, Tank Floyd,
spokesperson, said.
The concert is free to Lamar students, faculty and staff with an ID, and
$2 for general public.
ZietGeist is a “New Music” band from Austin, where “live music is a
way of life and a band has to be good to survive,” Floyd said.
Dave Rudolf will appear in the Perch Saturday, Sept. 20, as part of the
regular events in the SSC Perch.
LU fraternity hosts conference
Lamar’s Kappa Tau chapter is hosting the Alpha Kappa Psi Regional
Conference at the Beaumont Hilton through Sunday.
About 200 students representing 25 schools are attending the conference
that began Thursday, Brandi Young, Beaumont senior, said.
Students from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas will attend.
Merlin Breaux, president of John Gray Institute, will address the ban-
quet and a panel of speakers from local businesses will also speak, in-
cluding Larry Beaumont, president of Interfirst Bank.
Anyone with questions regarding the conference can contact Young at
866-9190.
Activity cards available at no cost
Dr. Bill Franklin, president of the Beaumont campus, announced that
activity cards will be made available to all full-time faculty and staff
members and one dependent-guest at no cost.
Franklin said this action is in light of the pending action by the State
Legislature to rescind salary increases for 1986-87.
Free activity cards will be available for the 1986-87 academic year only.
Student Handbook ready Oct. 3
The Student Handbook will appear as a supplement to the University
Press in the Oct. 3 issue.
Students are encouraged to retain a copy of the handbook for general
reference, Dr. Andrew Johnson, vice president for student and university
affairs, said.
SGA to host forum in Quadrangle
The Student Government Association is planning a forum for students
with top administrators Monday.
Attending administrators will include the chancellor, president, vice
president for finance and operations, provost and the vice president for
student and university affairs.
This student-sponsored forum will be designed for issues SGA defines
at the forum, and students are invited to participate with questions of
their own.
The forum will be held in the Quadrangle at noon.
LU puts credit cards to new use
Students can pay for classes using Master Card or Visa credit cards,
Carolyn Conn, director of payroll, said.
Lamar is only one of a handful of Texas colleges that allow credit cards
to be used for payment transactions involving registration.
“We have state-of-the-art credit card terminals which show us all of the
credit information we need on a computer screen,” Conn said.
This eliminates the need to run separate credit checks, she said.
Dr. Bill Franklin initiated the idea to study the feasibility of using
credit cards for registration payment, and Conn, along with Julie Harris,
director of cashiering, conducted a 10-month, in-depth study of the idea.
After no major disadvantages were found, the idea to use credit cards
was implemented this fall.
“The main reason for doing this,” Conn said, “was to ease the payment
process for students.”
Besides registration, credit cards may also be used to pay for events at
the Montagne Center.
Conn said the overall response to this new policy has been “excellent.”
Renovation work continues
By MAMIE BOGUE
UP staff writef
Major construction jobs are done
during the summer in order to
minimize disruption to classes.
During the summer, Physical
Plant employees, contractors and
other workers began renovating the
Art Building; completed work on the
Education Services Building; began
repairs to the Plummer Administra-
tion Building, Gentry Hall and the
swimming pool; replaced the air
conditioning tower for Home
Economics; and resurfaced Iowa
Street.
“The work on the Art Building is
being done by Holly Brothers, a con-
struction company out of Houston,”
Glen Curfmann, assistant director
for plant facilities, maintenance and
operations, said.
Lamar applied for and received an
energy conservation grant from the
federal government.
The contractor gutted the
building, leaving only the structural
foundation, Curfman said. Insula-
tion and other energy conservation
methods are being used to renovate
the building.
“Completion of the work is ex-
pected by Nov. 31,” he said.
Another major construction job
was the Education Services
Building, formerly Baby Redbird.
Curfmann said it, too, was com-
pletely gutted to the foundation.
“A new floor plan layout was com-
pleted by White, Bud and Van Ness
partnership and work was done by
Daniels Construction Co.,” he said.
“The work was finished and occupa-,
tion of the building began on Aug.
18.”
A drainage improvement and
landscaping project was completed
on Callaghan Street, in front of
Brooks-Shivers Hall.
“The work done on Iowa Street
was done in conjunction with Jeffer-
son County and the city of Beau-
mont,” he said.
“Jefferson County provided
physical work and equipment. Beau-
mont provided engineering work
and Lamar provided some money,
material and supervision.”
Before the explosion in the Plum-
mer Building, some work was
already being done in the office of
the comptroller of finance.
“Work was underway, reducing
large rooms to smaller areas and
improving the work area,” he said.
Renovations on the outdoor pool,
Curfman said, should be completed
by the end of November. Work in-
cludes installing new lifeguard
stands, a new chlorine system and a
new circulating pump.
On July 17, work on the new cool-
ing towers for the air conditioning
system at Home Economics central
plant was completed.
“Several projects are scheduled
later,” Curfman said, “such as a
new lighting system for the Gentry
Hall parking lot, and work on the
roof of the Technical Arts Building.”
A new domestic water boiler was
replaced in Gentry Hall.
“On the southwest comer of the
Education Building, work has been
started on the installation of an
elevator to replace the old chair
lift,” he said. “During this work the
door to the building will be blocked
off.”
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Bud Crawford operates a backhoe,
above, while Issac Julien, left, and
Carson Williams place culverts in a
ditch in front of Brooks-Shivers Hall to
eliminate drainage problems and aid in
parking. They are Lamar Physical
Plant employees. Holly Brothers
Construction Co. of Houston, left, works
on renovation of the Art Building.
Completion date is set for Nov. 31.
Photos by MAMIE BOGUE
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Faulkner, Georganne. University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 12, 1986, newspaper, September 12, 1986; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499865/m1/4/: accessed June 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.