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February
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Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Chinese students fear trip home By Kamal Mazlan Staff Writer A majority of Central State University students from mainland China are unsure about returning home because they fear Chinese government reprisals for their support of the pro-democracy movement. "The U.S. government has extended the visas of Chinese students to June of this year, but the Chinese government could recall us at any time," said Chinese students, who requested anonymity from informants working for the Communist Chinese government. According to university officials for the
office for iinternational students, 13 students from mainland China are currently enrolled at CSU. Nearly one-fifth of the 40,000 Chinese students and scholars in the U.S. were due to return to China last fall, but few were eager to leave because of the unstable political situation at home, one Chinese student said. "Thousands of Chinese students in the U.S., including those at CSU, could lose financial support from the Chinese government," said another Chinese student. "If that happens, the students may require a change in their visas and find steady jobs to remain in the U.S. legally." Chinese students said they want to return home but not immediately. Though their
family and friends are in China, they are waiting to see what will happen. "It is a very lonely experience for Chinese students to be stranded in the U.S., unless someone takes the time to show he cares," a Chinese student said. A poll conducted by the Chinese Student Association at Harvard University, Boston, surveying 600 Chinese students in the U.S. said they do not wish to return home. The poll indicates 58 percent of the Chinese students intended to return to China before the Tiananmen Square June massacre: fewer than 1 percent of those polled are sure about returning now; 30 percent want to become permanent U.S. residents, up from 4 percent; and 54 percent are waiting to see
which way the political winds blow in China. Chinese students now in the U.S. are working to ensure their own safety by persuading Congress to waive requirements that they return home anytime soon, the students said. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) introduced last year a bill that would extend Chinese students' visas, while Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-Maine) will attach the Mitchell-Dole amendment, now part of a threatened immigration act, to successive bills until it gets passed, according to newspaper reports. Please see CHINESE on page 8.
Hours changed
Library plan OK'd By Andrew Smith Staff Writer The Student Association Senate Monday approved resolutions 89-202 and 89-203 extending hours for the university library and library microlab. The extended hours will be on a trial basis this fall pending administration approval, said Sen. Robin Walker. "If the administration passes the resolution," Walker said, "the changes will be in effect this fall." A survey addressing student
complaints of a lack of adequate library time provided information for writing the resolutions, Walker said. Senate Speaker David Slane showed approval of the resolutions and pointed out that half the student body population attended at least one night class, according to Walker's survey. The library will open at 7:25 a.m. Monday through Friday, and close at 11 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Saturday and Sunday hours differ slightly from weekdays in that they open at 8 a.m. and Please see LIBRARY on page 8.
Poll shows students want more control By Kamal Mazlan Staff Writer
Nearly 80 percent of 300 Central State University students believe that they, not administration, should have some control over the student activity budget, according to a Student Association survey. Results indicate 19 percent of the students want total control over the budget, while 2.7 percent do not want any control. On a question over how money is to be distributed, 65 percent agreed a committee consisting of
an equal number of administrators, faculty and students should represent students' wishes. Eighteen percent of the students want faculty and students to handle the budget, and 13 percent want student control. The two-day survey was conducted during the student senate elections held Dec. 1 at University Center. "Basically, we did the survey to obtain students ' responses on campus issues, to meet the needs of CSU students through student Please see SURVEY on page 8.
Watch out for the other guy Lunch hour traffic takes its toll on Brenda White, inside the 1990 Toyota Corolla, left, and Jennifer Woolever and her 1971 Ford Pinto. The victims, both CSU students, escaped without injury after White allegedly failed to yield to oncoming traffic while leaving the parking lot north of the Administration Building Thursday. (Photo by Tim Earley)
Museum merges art, past By Marie Bigger Student Writer The Central State University Museum of Art displays many exhibits throughout the year, and is also the only state program to offer a museum studies degree, said William Wallo, art museum director. The museum has a multi-dimensional role, offering students an opportunity to display their work, and is a teaching instrument for history students, Wallo said. "The CSU museum studies degree is administered in conjunction with the history department," Wallo
said. "We are proud to say that CSU is the only school in the state to offer the degree." Core classes for the degree include Art in Life, Art and Library Science and Industrial Education. Practicums are available in museum studies, historical societies and archive studies. Practicums are arranged by History Museum Director Royce Peterson, assistant professor of history and geography. An estimated 40,000 people pass through the museum's doors each year, greeted by a variety of exhibits and displays, Wallo said. Earlier this semester guests viewed the works of photojournalist Mary El-
len Mark.