T9EICIE YISTg February 21, 1984
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Vol. 82, No. 38
Communication problem plagues administration
Vista photo by Jon Biolich
Congratulating Lisa Washington on her victory as Miss
Black CSU are left to right, Grover Cleveland Washington III, Jaketa Smith and Lyndon Brown.
By MaryGaye Franklin Associate Editor Over the past two months the administration has been plagued with the problem of not being able to provide telephone communications to the new health and science building, said Larry Williams, vice president for administration. "The problem is we have been unable to get phone cable run into the building," Williams said "and until we get service into the building no one can move in there." Williams discovered the problem around the first of January when he called AT&T to order the telephone instruments for the new facility. "I called and placed the order with AT&T and they called me back about two hours later and told me that there was no cabling to the building that they could hook the instruments to," Williams said. According to Williams during the planning process before divestiture of AT&T he had planned for the normal cabling process to occur. "In terms of advance planning we had run cable from the mainframe switchboard in Murdaugh Hall to the southwest portion of the campus where the new facility is located," Williams said. This cable provides service to the new math and computer science building which was connected before divestiture. "So we actually have cable right up to the building
but at the present time cannot utilize the cable because it belongs to SW Bell and not AT&T. "For some reason the building was not cabled in advance." SW Bell was going through a cycle of splits and changes and somehow the cabling was overlooked, Williams said. "I don't think there was any intention by any of the phone companies to mislead us. I just think that there was such a state of confusion regarding divestiture that none of them understood what the problems would be." Williams explained, "before divestiture, CSU was handled by SW Bell. As far as plant operations and telephones went they brought in everything. "They provided inside and outside cabling and dialtone all the way to the offices," Williams said. "I had a number of conversations with SW Bell before divestiture and had operated under the assumption that there would be some flexibility for problem solving after divestiture not knowing fully what they would be at the time. "Since divestiture SW Bell only brings service to the mainframe switchboard and it is AT&T's responsibility to bring it to the offices and provide the instruments. "The cable that goes down to the health science building belongs to SW Bell but they are no longer in See Phones on page 3
Field trips include gay bars, prisons
Irving provides unique approach to classes By Ronda Chesser He wears an earring and African tribal robes, encourages his students to call him by his first name, takes his classes to gay bars and prisons and seems amused by the fact he is constantly being a labeled an eccentric. Dr. Lewis Irving, professor of sociology, approaches teaching in a unique way which allows students to explore themselves and society and have fun at the same time. Irving has taught at CSU since 1969. He previously taught at OCU while working on advanced courses. "I love to go to class," Irving said. "I look at my students as friends." "Lewis", to his students, teaches sociology, juvenile deliquency, social problems and a fairly new class at this university, human sexuality. "I feel the students learn more
by getting the feel or experiencing what they are learning," Irving said. This is the reason for the many field trips he sponsors for his classes. He encourages his introduction to sociology class to accompany him to local male and female gay bars, in an effort to help them understand alternative lifestyles. His juvenile delinquency class tours juvenile facilities and prisons. This shows the students what society is doing with the criminals of today, Irving said. Using another method of experimental sociology, Irving is allowed to get a few volunteer students intoxicated. Students learn the effects of alcohol on different body weights and learn firsthand how much alcohol it takes to make them "legally drunk". The intoxicated students are then subjected to a breathanaylsis test administered by the
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Oklahoma City Police Department. These experimental projects which introduce students to the problems of drunk driving become very awakening experiences for most. Irving combines these experiments with facts concerning the possible consequences of a drunk driving arrest. Visits to Oklahoma and Texas prisons reinforce his point when students see people behind bars as a result of
their combination of alcohol and automobiles. His students say this is a very eye opening trip. For days after the trip they can be heard in the halls advising friends against the evils of drinking and driving. The social problems class discusses the problems of society such as abortion, drugs, alcohol and prostitution. Irving dicusses the various aspects of these pro-
blems as well as teaching his students to deal with them. Students get firsthand knowledge of these situations through various speakers Irving schedules who are familiar with the subjects. "Call girls" speak to his students about prostitution. At one time he was able to take his female students to a house of prostitution to interview them. The See Irving on page 3
Debaters sweep tourney The CSU debate squad swept the University of Arkansas debate tournament this past weekend bringing home 13 trophies in two divisions and a sweepstakes award for the best squad record. In the Cross Examination Debate Association division, CSU debaters took four of the five top speaker awards. Junior Bev Graham of Mustang was named top speaker 165 total points. Junior Cherie Smith of New Mexico was awarded the second place speaker trophy with 164 total points. Junior Eva Galipeau of Sapulpa was named third with 163 points and senior Jim Hill, Sapulpa, took fifth place with 161 points. Three CSU teams received the first through third team trophies after defeating competitors from 20 different schools. Freshman Karla Groenewold, Sapulpa, and junior Martin Glendinning, Oklahoma City, advanced to elimination rounds on a five win, one loss record. The team defeated Arkansas State University in octofinals, Central Missouri State in the quarterfinals and Wichita State University in the semi-finals. The team composed of Hill and Smith advanced to elimination rounds on a five win, one loss record.
They defeated Cameron University in octofinals and Southwestern College in quarterfinals, both on unanimous decisions. The team composed of Graham and Galipeau advanced to elimination rounds on a five win, one loss record. They defeated the University of Oklahoma in octofinals on a split decision and the University of Texas at San Antonio in semi-finals on a unanimous decision. In the National Debate Topic division, freshman Greg Fielder of Moore was named top speaker with 162 points. Junior Chris Woods of Sand Springs took second place with 151 points. The team composed of Fielder and David Widdoes, Sapulpa, advanced to elimination rounds with a five win, one loss record. They defeated teams from Kansas State University and Emporia State University to take the first place team trophy. Wood and Robert Jackson, Okmulgee, advanced to elimination rounds on a three win, three loss record. They were defeated by Emporia State University in the quarterfinal round.