Monday, February 5, 2007, Issue 7
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Fire damages office in Technical Arts Building

by Hilary McNamara, opinion editor

A candle warmer or lamp left plugged in could be to blame for a recent fire that damaged one office and disrupted classes in the Technical Arts Building on the first day of the spring semester at South Plains College’s Levelland campus.

The fire was discovered on Jan. 16 by an instructor who then contacted the campus police. The campus police contacted the Levelland Fire Department. The police were called at 7 a.m and the fire was thought to have broken out sometime between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m., according to Tony Silvas of Blackmon Mooring Steamatic of Lubbock. 

Cary Marrow, director of the physical plant at SPC, said that though the fire did not engulf the whole building, the south wing was affected and the main damage was in Office 111. The fire temporarily closed down the building, but college officials were quick to relocate all interrupted classes.

 

  
 

King remembered at BSO candlelight service Grisby, Brooks receive 'Spirit' Award

by Jennifer Conlee, co-associate editor

When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 during a rally for equality for all men, he left behind a legacy of a dream that all men would be equal. 

King, Jr., who received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in 1964, was famous for his “I Have a Dream” speech, as well as for leading several peaceful marches for his cause.

On Jan. 30, South Plains College’s Black Student Organization and the Diversity Program presented a candlelight service to honor the life and legacy of King, Jr.

The event, which was held in the Sundown Room of the Student Center on the Levelland campus, began with a prayer by Reverend Alton Graves.  BSO vice-president Latrice Price then led the audience in the National Anthem.

 

 


 
  
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