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THURSDAY February 21, 1991
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OSGA resolution disputed Senate questions tuition plan support Gorbachev offers secret peace plan MOSCOW (AP)—President Mikhail S. Gorbachev presented a secret peace plan to Iraq's foreign minister this week, and the Iraqi envoy immediately left for Baghdad to present it to Saddam Hussein. Gorbachev planned to contact. U.S., British, Italian, French and Iranian leaders to fill them in on his plan, said Vitaly Ignatenko, a spokesman for the Soviet president. The Soviet Union has supported U.S. efforts to oust Iraq from Kuwait but has grown apprehensive about the extent of destruction to Iraq, a former Soviet client, Ig,natenko said.
Bush to review Soviet proposal WASHINGTON (AP)—President Bush sees nothing in the Soviet proposal for peace in the Persian Gulf to change the war against Iraq but will review Moscow's ideas closely, the White House said Monday night. White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater said no one should assume a ground war would be held off while Moscow's peace initiative was pending. Fitzwater refused to say if Bush had decided on the timing of advancing the war from air strikes to a potentially bloody ground conflict. Details of the plan were not released, but the Soviets said it did not deviate from demands for an unconditional Iraqi wthdrawal from Kuwait.
By David LoBaugh Staff Writer ome members of Central State University's student senate question the Oklahoma Student Government Association's decision to support a prop-
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osed six-year tuition hike by the Oklahoma that OSGA is a waste of time because State Regents for Higher Education. they've never represented anything that The regents' plan would raise tuition ab- I've agreed with or any of the students I out 9 percent a year over the next six years. knew agreed with." "I don't think they (OSGA) are in touch "They have a history of supporting tuiwith reality," CSU House Speaker Terry don increases. If I have anything to do with LaFrance said. "They are in no way representing any students I know. I've long felt V See TUITION, back page.
Prof opts for early retirement By Marie Knupke Student Writer
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arly retirement was granted to Central State University English Professor Emmett Philips, who was under investigation for alleged sexual harassment, officials said Tuesday. Executive Secretary for the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges Dr. Betty Leone said his request for early retirement, effective May 10, was accepted Friday during a regular Regent's meeting at East Central University in Ada.
CSU administrators refused to comment on Phillips employment status until his retirement date. Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Clyde Jacob would not give details about the student's allegations or how far the investigative process had proceeded before Phillips requested an early retirement. But early last week Jacob said a decision on Phillips' case would be made Feb. 15. He was advised by his lawyer not to comment further. Administrators would not comment about whether Phillips' decision to take early
retirement was part of a deal to avoid disciplinary action. Phillips had been reassigned to nonteaching duties in the library while his peers were investigating the accusation, Jacob said. "Because of the nature of the allegations we felt it would be best for other faculty members to take over his teaching responsibilities until the investigation is finished," he said. The accusation was made by one of his students last semester, but administrators refused to identify the student or reveal the nature of the incident. V
Hot stuff! Bruce Lindsey, a business management major from Edmond, tempers steel that will be forged into a knife blade. Lindsey is participating in a custom knife making class taught by Dr. Robert Mordini. (Photo by Paul McEntire)
Maryland passes pro-choice bill ANNAPOLIS, Md. AP) Gov. William Donald Schaefer signed into law Monday a bill that would protect a woman's right to abortion in the event the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision is overturned. The pro-choice bill grants adult women unrestricted access to abortions up to the time when a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. After that, abortions could be performed only to protect a woman's health or in cases where the fetus is deformed. The bill contains a provision barring lawsuits against people who refuse to refer patients for an abortion, as well as a parental notification provision that doctors may opt to ignore. "V
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When business lecturer Col. Wadie Rountree saw Saddam Hussein parade allied prisoners of war across television screens across America, he saw a different scene.
Shawnee senior forward Shene Murphy scored 30 points, but the Lady Bronchos fell 72-70 in OT to Texas Woman's University Tuesday in women' s cage action.
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