The Eastern Statesman (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 68, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1992 Page: 4 of 6
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Lamont Lowe spends hours working on lab experiments.
Wal-Mart manager given PBL honor
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Brains a must in market competition today
News Briefs
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EOSC team
places fifth
video conference and
how such technologies
apply to businesses.
Warner also offered
advice to consider when
purchasing telecommu-
nications equipment:
Don’t limit yourself.
First, determine what
you need. Go through
user interviews and find
and am a strong believer
in the programs offered
here. It has given young
people coming out of
high school a real op-
portunity to gain an ad-
vantage in the marketp-
lace as they seek em-
ployment.” he said.
“Eastern's programs
Medical career no joke
Pre-med student working to make dream come true
Inman said he was honored by the award. “I
truly believe in Eastern _
Library alters hours
The library will begin holiday
hours Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
through Dec. 22. It will be closed,
however, on Sundays, Dec. 20, Dec.
27, Jan. 3 and Jan. 10. It also will
close for Christmas vacation Dec. 23
to Jan. 3 and reopen Jan. 4 to Jan. 11,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Regular library
hours will resume Jan. 12 — 3 to 9
p.m. Sunday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon-
day through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. Friday.
Chili feed planned
Free chili will be served at Chili
Bowl ’93 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan.
13 in the West Cafeteria. A Wel-
come Back Dance is scheduled at 9
that night in the fieldhouse.
As for a field of specialization, “a
lot of my instructors have encour-
aged me toward the field of derma-
tology," Lowe said.
Ramon Jackson, biological sci-
ence instructor, said, "Lamont has
the intelligence and motivation that
it takes to get into medical school.
He is an extremely serious, dedi-
cated student.”
Bill Albright, chairman oftheEn-
gineering and Science Divison,
echoed Jackson’s sentiments.
“Lamont is an outstanding pre-
med major who has the capabilities
of doing anything he sets his mind to
do. I feel that Lamont can do well in
medicine,” Albright said.
Lowe said he chose to attend East -
cm because it has C < cated instruc-
tors who care about students and
their education and it is conveniently
located close to home.
He added that he owes everything
he has to his family and to God.
“I know that my mother and
grandmother make a lot of sacrifices
for me, and when I’m suscessful in
out what each potential company provides.
Ask a number of companies to come in and
make a presentation and proposal.
He said that cost is usually the third or
fourth consideration when purchasing equip-
ment. First consideration should be “service
after the sale.” Next, will that company be ar-
ound five or 10 years down the road.
Because of new technology, the marketp-
lace is changing constantly, Warner said.
Jack Inman, manager of McAlester’s Wal-
Mart store, was named Business Person of the
Year by Eastern’s chapter of Phi Beta
Lambda during celebration of American En-
terprise Day.
He received the honor at the beginning of a
recent seminar on the future of the telecom-
munications industry. Approximately 100
area business people and students attended.
Inman will be nominated by the EOSC
PBL chapter for the state Business Person of
the Year Award and will receive a com-
plimentary one-year membership in the pro-
fessional division of Future Business Leaders
of America/PBL.
Henry Oglesby, PBL chapter president,
said Inman “has been a tremendous help to
our PBL chapter. Not only does he employ
Eastern students and serve on an advisory
committee, he has offered support to our
chapter in its efforts to compete in state and
national contests."
are tailored to preparing students for business
careers," Inman added. “Wal-Mart employs
Eastern students and graduates who have
proven to be valuable workers."
A graduate of McAlester High School, In-
man has a degree in business administration/
marketing from the University of Oklahoma.
He is married and has two children.
Inman is involved in the McAlester Cham-
ber of Commerce and Boy Scouts of America,
courage other youths to believe in
their dreams.
“If you believe and have determi-
nation and hope, then you can do it,"
Lowe said.
One of his "craziest ambitions” is
to join the Peace Corps after medical
school.
“I would like to go to some under-
developed country and help some
people out for maybe six months or a
year,” he explained.
Besides owing something to soci-
ety, Lowe said he feels he owes
something to his race.
“I don’t get satisfied, and I push
myself to the very top so that sooner
or later I'll be successful enough that
prejudice cannot reach me," he said.
In addition to his interest in medi-
cine, Lowe has a vast interest in
sports of all types and is active in in-
tra murals. He was recently named to
Who's Who Among Students in
American Junior Colleges and is a
member of Phi Theta Kappa, Psycho
Club and the Dean’s Honor Roll.
As for plans other than his medi-
it will take “a smarter breed of cat” to com-
pete in tomorrow’s marketplace, area busi-
ness people and Eastern students were told
recently.
Ken Warner, area sales manager for South-
western Bell Telephone Co., Oklahoma City,
addressed the group during the campus celeb-
ration of American Enterprise Day.
The way technology is going, Warner said,
it is going to lake a much brighter individual
to be able to profit in the marketplace:
He advised listeners to “stay in schbol and
cam your epllege degree."
“Major companies are looking for students
who have been successful in their college/
university endeavors,” Warner said. “Busi-
ness philosophy is that if you graduate froma
college, then that makes you worthy of con-
sideration for employment. Graduates will be
the leaders in tomorrow’s business world.”
He discussed areas of technology including
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Warner
By CHRISTINA GRIMES
News Writer
The EOSC Livestock Judging
Team took fifth overall Nov. 15 in
the American Royal Livestock Judg-
ing Contest at Kansas City.
Twenty-nine teams competed
from Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska,
Colorado, California, Illinois,
Wyoming, Texas, Iowa and
Oklahoma.
In team rankings Eastern placed
second in sheep, fifth in swine and
sixth in cattle.
Colby Ferguson, Lindsay sopho-
more, was fifth in overall competi-
tion, and Paul Blankenship, Lindsay
sophomore, was seventh overall.
Other team members participat-
ing were Chris Klaassen, Hydro so-
phomore; Jeff Beck, Sallisaw fresh-
man, and Ryan Brewer, Holdenville
freshman.
Ray Rice is livestock team coach.
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By MICAH HAINES
Assistant Editor
Lamont Lowe has a friendly wit
that is almost as quick as his smile.
The McAlester sophomore’s gra-
cious manners and quiet intelligence
give off an aura of maturity that be-
lies his 19 years.
Lowe, a pre-med major, said he
has always dreamed of being a doc-
tor. At first it began as a joke.
When he was a child, friends and
family would ask him what he
wanted to be when be grew up. He
always answered that he wanted to
be a doctor because he "thought it
sounded impressive." Only later did
that ambitious statement become the
passionate dream it is today.
“I like people, and I’ve always
wanted to help them. I guess you
could say I’m one of those crazy
kind of guys that wants to change the
world. I don’t have one specific
goal, besides medicine; I just want
to do my part in society," Lowe said.
Although he is unsure of the med-
ical school he wants to attend, Lowe
said he would like to spend at least
one semester at East Central State
University after graduating from
Eastern.
Training and re-training is never ending.
Many companies are using “distance
learing/video" as a means of training.
Five or six year ago, it cost a company
$500,000 to have a conference. By using tele-
phone lines, today it costs about $60,000 to
$70,000, he said.
Warner explained the technology behind
cellular telephones and picture phones, and
discussed high-speed transmission systems.
He answered questions from the audience
concerning employment opportunities in the
telecommunications field. “It’s an excellent
industry to consider,” be said. “The opportun-
ity for growth is phenomenal.”
“Don’t just limit yourself to thinking Okla-
homa or even the United States is the only
place to get a job,” Warner added. “Right
now, Southwestern Bell is currently one of the
partners in the privatization of Mexico’s
phone system.”
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life, I will do or give them anything cal career, he said with a smile, “I
they ask for,” Lowe said. guess all I need now is to find that
He dreams of being able to go perfect girl and have five or 10
back to his old neighborhood and cn- children.”
and serves on EOSC’s Marketing/
Management Department Advisory Commit-
tee as well as committees for Kiamichi Area
Vo-Tech and KAST.
After graduating from OU in 1970, he was
employed with Goodyear Tire and Rubber in
Brownsfield, Texas. He was named Store
Manager of the Year in 1972.
Inman has been employed by Wal-Mart 16
years. During that time, the McAlester Wal-
Mart has received “Store of the Year” honors
four times, two of which were while Inman
was co-manager. The McAlester store won
the honor two consecutive years, 1990 and
1991, which no other store has done.
Inman is overseeing construction plans for
a 201,625-square-foot Super Center store,
which will include a full-line food store along
with Wal-Mart and is expected to open in
mid-1993. The McAlester Wal-Mart has 300
employees; the new Super Store forecasts in-
clude 600 employees.
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