Lee College to shorten library hours on weekdays
The Learning Resource Center will close at 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday after a usage study found minimal after-hours traffic. Saturday hours remain unchanged. The study noted peak use from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and that 18,000 items were checked out last year. Summer hours will be 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 7:30 a.m. to noon Friday.
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Jerry Alston
Lee College
Bill Peace
LRC
Southern Associaton of Colleges and Schools
Peace
Apathy at LC Forum Prompts Campus Debate on Involvement
Student Activities Committee hosted an open forum that drew only 30 to 40 of about 1848 on campus. Administrator Benny Moskowitz and Dean Ed Monk blamed low turnout on weak faculty and administration support and ineffective advertising despite signs posted widely. Community colleges like San Jac are cited as having better faculty engagement.
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SAC
Benny Moskowitz
Int
Ed Monk
Brandy Bliss
Steve Mettlen
Tim Lancon
Moskowitz
Monk
Moler Hall
San Jac
SAC members dismayed over poor turnout at open forum
SAC students aired campus grievances at a forum though turnout was low with only one speaker. SAC President Betty Wells and Director Benny Moskowitz cited lack of student input, while questions on day care, library issues, parking and pool hours highlighted ongoing campus concerns.
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Peace
SAC
Student Activities Committee
Betty Wells
Ing
Moskowitz
Wells
Molly Maguire
Zarco
Darla Brown
Brown
Print shop to reopen after rewiring job completed
The Baytown print shop will reopen today after a required rewiring project. The Board of Regents in January ordered closure due to fire hazard violations. operations moved to the Graphic Arts building while repairs proceed. Pfieffer Electric to perform rewiring, estimated around 3200 dollars, with final costs pending bills.
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Jerry Simpson
Board of Regents
City of Baytown
Simpson
Whiting Street
Graphic Arts
Pfieffer Electric
Baytown
Bettie Bennett
Shafer to Speak on Texas Folklore at LC Lyceum
Charles Shafer folklore and English instructor will speak at 7 p.m. Feb 26 in Rundell Auditorium as part of Lee College Texas Sesquicentennial celebrations. He will cover superstition legends ghosts and the Big Thicket Saratoga Light along with folk medicine speech and folklore’s impact on daily life.
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Shari Scheff
Charles Shafer
Rundell Auditorium
Lee College
Shafer
Texas
Big
Saratoga
East Texas State University
University of Houston
Galena Park
Fourth Army Reserve Nco Academy
University of Texas At Austin
Texas Department of Corrections
Huntsville
Lee College Extension Center
Texas Sesquicentennial Lyceum
Rundell Hall
Eight file for three positions on LC Board
As of Tuesday eight people have filed as candidates for three positions on the LC Board of Regents. April election faces eight hopefuls including Jesse L. Shead and Claudia Smith. March 5 is last day to file. winners serve six years with no runoff.
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Laurie Barnett
LC Board of Regents
Jesse L. Shead
Chesapeake
Oswall H. Harman
Thompson Rd
Ida Morrison
E. Archer
Drew D. Williams
Kilgore Rd
Claudia Smith
Sagebrush Trail
Maymo Lewis
Oakhollow Drive
Ray Hopper
Glen Haven
Jacqueline J. Slaughter
Grantham
Smith
Reggie Brewer
Leonard Stasney
Rundell Hall
U.S
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Scotty Willey
Diane Beechinor
Ms. Beechiior
Sharon Sampson
Maguire
GiGi Zarco
West Texas
LC Lyceum
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