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Jan. 19, 1982
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Vol. 80, No. 30
Two-day break proposed for fall Plans for a fall break were announced by President Bill Lillard at the first session of the Student Senate Jan. 11. The 1982-83 calendar, now in the planning stage, includes a two-day fall break on the Monday and Tuesday following midterm examinations. According to Lillard, the new break will not effect present fall holidays. Classes will be dismissed one day for Labor Day as well as two days for Thanksgiving. The proposed calendar will allow the students a total of five days off. "It has potential," said Lillard. "We will meet the minimum requirement of days and it fits in very well next year." Lillard added that the next step in the planning stage will be to submit the calendar to the Oklahoma Board of Regents. The break will only apply to faculty and students.
The president also announced plans to open bids for the proposed math building to be located between Wantland and Howell Halls. The proposed building will be approximately 20,000 sq. ft. and Lillard estimated that it would be completed in the late fall of 1982 or early spring 1983. Including four alternative bids and a base bid, CSU will have a total of $900,000 to work with. All bidding will be competitive, said Lillard. In other business, Lillard mentioned the recently completed parking lot between the Oral Communications building and the Business Building. The parking lot was completed over Christmas break. The senators were also reminded that in view of oncoming cold weather, all class cancellations will be announced via the media.
Vista photo by Harry Tonemah
Commuters no longer have to worry about breaking an axle when traveling across campus. Campus maintenance completed repaving the road that runs between East and West Halls and the Communications Building over the Christmas holidays. One of the members of campus security seemed to enjoy the obvious benefits of traveling down a modern road.
CSU to receive 29.4 percent increase?
Budget preparation 'right on schedule' By Kim McConnell Preparation for the 1982-83 CSU budget is proceeding on schedule, according to President Bill Lillard. CSU is slated to receive a 29.4 percent increase over last year's budget, the high-
Dr. Bill Lillard
est increase, except for one small college, of any Oklahoma institution. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education adapted a $484,966,170 budget at its Nov. 24 meeting. According to Lillard, the State Legislature, the final authority, has yet to vote on the amount. Lillard said he did not know when the legislature would vote and until then any budget planning is guesswork. "We will estimate about what percent of increase we will receive. It's just planning until we know for sure. It looks very bright," Lillard said. Lillard added that the fiscal year will end June 30 and it is possible that the legislature will not make their decision until June. The alocated amount must go through various channels before it is awarded to the state univer-
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sities and colleges, Lillard said. The proposed budget is first prepared by the institutions, who submit their plans to the higher regents. The regents in turn submit their proposals to the legislature, who must okay the request. "The Senate Legislator makes one lump sum appropriation," said Lillard. "The Oklahoma Regents of Higher Education makes the allocation."
Lillard does not see the increase in proposed funds as reflecting the Reagan Administration cuts in education funding. Rather, he sees it as a continuing trend in improving Oklahoma higher education. "Look at the past three or four years," he said. "Gov. George Nigh, Dan Draper, Marvin York and the education committee have been very supportive of
education in Oklahoma. We rank fourth among the 50 states in education. Even with the proposed cutbacks in education, Lillard sees CSU as more fortunate than other colleges and universities. "We were less effected than other institutions. The student loan cutbacks are very serious, but our students have alternatives," he said.
False alarms outnumber real By Irene Black The Edmond fire department answered 70 emergency fire alarms on campus in 1981, according to Maj. John Bretzer, Edmond Fire Prevention Bureau. Twenty of these were set off by malfunctions of automatic alarm systems, 32 were false alarms and 18 were actual fires. Of the 32 false alarms, 21 came from East Hall and six originated at West Hall. Turning in a false fire alarm is a very serious offense, said Maj. Bretzer. If caught, it is deemed a misdemeanor that carries a fine of $35 to $100, expulsion from the dormitory and, usually, a night in jail . In addition to the consequences to the person found guilty, pulling a false alarm endangers lives as well as property. While
the fire department is answering a false alarm, other areas of the city and campus are left vulnerable, according to Bretzer, anytime the firemen man their equipment, there is danger to the men as well as the equipment. Maj. Bretzer said that last year while the fire department was answering a call to Timberlake Apartments, where actual lives and property were in danger, a false alarm came in from one of the dormatories. According to Maj. Bretzer, there were six actual fires in West Hall . Of these, four or five were set in bathrooms, trash cans and in hallways. All were acts of vandalism. In East Hall, eight actual fires were reported . Four were accidental, one caused by a faulty fire extinguisher and one
from a malfunctioning washer. Two fires were acts of vandalism and two were no-damage fires. Maj. Bretzer stressed that setting a fire when people are asleep is no joke. It could cause death—people do not wake up to smoke. Smoke inhalation causes a swift death, he said. Anyone caught setting a fire in Oklahoma is charged with first-degree arson, punishable by a high fine and imprisonment. Due to the close proximity of the fire station to the campus, an alarm can be answered within two or three minutes. This meant that total damage to campus property last year totaled less than $1,300. Four people were caught in East Hall last year calling in a false alarm, Maj. Beetzer added.