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University Press • Friday, February 21,1997 • Page 2
Weathersby resigns SGA position;
group discusses parking, legislation
Billie Dorman
UP staff writer
Bryce Weathersby, Student
Government Association secretary
and treasurer, formally announced
his resignation Tuesday afternoon at
the weekly SGA meeting.
Weathersby said that owing to
family medical problems he would
not be able to perform his duties. He
has been an active member of SGA
for the past three years.
“I think it is very important to
know at this time that in my experi-
ence with SGA there has never been
a secretary/treasurer that has served
tlje office better than Bryce has,”
Wayne Paulus, SGA vice president,
said.
Paulus recognized Weathersby’s
service, efforts, his good intentions
and dedication to SGA, the student
body and Lamar University. He said
Weathersby would help out students
whenever he was called on.
In other business, Steve Duhon, a
student, said that he thought there
should be something done about the
parking situation on campus.
“Other than being atrocious,
there’s not enough spaces for stu-
dents,” Duhon said.
A meeting was held Wednesday
where faculty and staff discussed
campus parking. Su-Zan Harper,
registrar, said that one of the possi-
ble questions is making all parking
lots open to all faculty, staff and stu-
dents.
; “Parking has been closed and
moved to cashiering, and that’s not
working out real well,” Harper said.
Harper said there are about 10
different hang tags for students and
six different hang tags for faculty and
staff. She said Reed Evans, assistant
vice president for finance, ques-
tioned why the campus has so many
different types.
She suggested opening all of the
parking lots and allowing one to park
wherever he or she can on a first-
come, first-served basis.
“We actually thought it was a
pretty good idea,” Harper said.
Kurt Czupryn, vice president for
student affairs, said this fall the uni-
versity police and parking services
was placed under student affairs.
“It has been with great effort that
we revived the parking committee,
and through this committee we hope
to get the ideas, hear the complaints
and hear what’s really important to
you as students so we’ll know what
decisions to make,” Czupryn said at
Tuesday’s SGA meeting.
“I know everyone cheered when
Su-Zan brought up basically an open
parking policy, but I have not heard
that. I’ve heard a lot of people are
going to be upset when they can’t
park in the senior lot. That’s some-
thing that’s worth protecting.”
He said unless the committee has
sufficient representative output, peo-
ple are not going to be very happy.
He said the committee needs to
know how students feel about the
concept of parking anywhere there is
an opening.
“As we begin looking at some of
these issues here without your input,
it’s impossible for us to make those
good decisions,” Czupryn said.
“Speaking for the executive council,
we are anxious to receive recommen-
dations regarding parking policy
changes from the parking committee,
so take advantage of that.”
Three bills, House Bill 65, House
Joint Resolution 43 and House Bill
805 were discussed in the SGA meet-
ing that will have an impact on
Lamar.
Sherry Penick, SGA member, said
House Bill 65 states that a university
that sets the tuition rates and fees for
a semester, including the summer,
and permits a student to register for
that semester, may not increase the
tuition rate or fees charged that stu-
dent for that semester or summer
term after the student registers,
regardless of whether that student
has paid the tuition and fees for that
semester or summer term.
Penick said the implementation of
this act would require a university to
notify its students in a timely manner
of any increases in tuition or fees.
This action affords students to
know exactly the exact amount of
tuition and fees upon registration
even if tuition and fees are increased
after the student has registered.
House Joint Resolution 43 calls
for a constitutional amendment to
authorize the removal of a member
of a governing body of a public insti-
tution of higher education for stu-
dents. The bill provides procedures
for the removal of a public officer by
law.
Penick said these procedures are
extremely tedious when they relate
to the removal of a member of the
government board of a public institu-
tion of higher education. The resolu-
tion outlines various reasons for
which a member can be removed by
governing order if reasonable evi-
dence exists according to good cause
stated in the order.
She said SGA supports this bill
and encourages all students to write
or call Texas legislators to express
their personal views concerning
House Bill 65 and House Joint
Resolution 43.
House Bill 805 calls for the cre-
ation of a policy board for certain
public institutions of higher educa-
tion.
“This bill would add another level
of bureaucracy to our lives,” Penick
said. “This bill is contrary to the
move of the citizens of Texas who
want less government, not more gov-
ernment in their lives.
“This bill would create an unnec-
essary expenditure in order to create
and maintain support staff for each
policy board which goes directly
against the spirit of Gov. Bush’s
pledge to cut state expenses....”
Penick said SGA opposes this bill
and encourages all students to write
or call Texas legislators to express
their personal views concerning
House Bill 805.
ATTENTION
STUDENTS!
The “Forgivable F” Policy Is Currently
Being Discussed By The Lamar University
Faculty, Staff, And Administration.
If implemented, this will allow you to retake a
class and remove a previously received F from
your GPA calculation.
Please tell your Professors how you feel about
this very important issue!
Know The Facts:
1) 4 Other TSUS Schools Have This Policy.
2) Vanderbilt University and Texas A&M
Have This Policy.
3) This Policy Will Not Affect The Quality
Of Your Degree.
4) Lamar Has Had This Policy Before.
For More Information, contact the Lamar University Student Government Association
at 880-8891 or 880-8892. Located in Room 211 SSC.
Police-
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vehicle stolen from a campus
parking lot early this week.
Fontenot said the green
1995 Honda Accord was
stolen from parking lot 17 on
the northwest side of the
McFaddin-Ward Health
Sciences Building between
6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on
Monday. The car belonged to
a Lamar University instructor.
The Port Arthur Police
Department recovered the
LUIT-
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which is the standard used by
the state to allocate funds for
the biennium. The headcount
of students was up 21.21 per-
cent over the last counting
year, from 1,334 in 1995 to
1,617. Last spring’s enroll-
ment was 1,259. The enroll-
ment in fall 1996 was 1,611.
“Large increases in classes
vehicle Tuesday night at 6:26
p.m. in Port Arthur. The car
was found running with the
steering column broken open.
The interior of the vehicle had
been stripped, with the seats
and door panels removed.
Fontenot said the Honda
Accord is the most commonly
stolen automobile model in
the state.
“It used to be trucks. Now
it’s Honda Accords,”
Fontenot said. “It’s just the
trend.”
Fontenot said the Lamar
Police Department is current-
ly working with the Port
Arthur automobile taskforce
in their search for suspects.
Fontenot said that people
who drive Hondas and
Mazdas should buy The Club
and use it since these two cars
are so popular with car
thieves at this time.
in process operating and
instrumentation technology
again fueled the rise in enroll-
ment this spring, although
across the board increases
were present,” Krienke said.
“ More and more industry
is requiring two-year applied
science degrees as a prerequi-
site to employment,” Krienke
said. “According to a recent
government survey, almost 75
percent of the new jobs are
going to be for technicians,
not for people with four-year
degrees. There is a high
demand for skilled techni-
cians. Just take a look at the
classified ads in the newspa-
pers,” Krienke said.
LUIT receives allocation
to train dislocated workers
The Texas Workforce Commission
has approved a $186,000 supplemental
allocation to Golden Triangle Workers
Assistance Center at the Institute of
Technology to train 50 dislocated
workers, Harry Wood, LUIT public
information director, said.
Jobforce received notification that
the funds had been approved. The
funding is distributed locally through
the Jobs Training Partnership Act
agency for training of dislocated work-
ers.
An upturn last fall in layoffs resulted
in a shortfall of funds for the
Assistance Center, Terry Felps, pro-
gram director, said. Felps’ office
applied for an additional $200,000 to
train 50 laid-off workers.
Felps explained that Jobforce did
not require any additional administra-
tion funds for the program, thus result-
ing in the TWC’s reduction of the allo-
cation to $186,000.
The program was funded June 30 for
310 clients.
“We’ve already served 325,” Felps
said. “We expect 50 additional ones to
enter the program before it ends in
June due to a rash of new layoffs.”
Felps mentioned several retail estab-
lishments which are anticipating closing
or have closed since Christmas, creat-
ing a greater demand on his agency.
To qualify for the assistance, a work-
er must be a full-time student in an
accredited school. Golden Triangle
Workers Assistance Center pays for the
training and also provides some travel
money if the client is eligible.
Anyone desiring information about
the program may call Felps at 839-4449.
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