Safety institute opens new annex with help from university family By Rocky Northcutt
Vista photo by Glenda Jackson
The South Central Safety Education's new annex, left,
5,400 square feet addition, was built and supplied by the university. It will contain three offices, four classrooms, two restrooms, a mechanical room and storage area.
A new annex which has been built out of donations and other special activities accounts has been completed for the South Central Safety Education Institute at CSU. The construction of the 5,400 square feet addition includes three offices, four classrooms, two restrooms, a mechanical room and storage area. "The work was completed by the university's maintenance crews during periods when employees had a lapse of time in regular work hours, such as air conditioning personnel installing equipment during the winter," said Alvin Alcorn, executive vice president. Alcorn also noted that much of the equipment used in the annex has been "scrounged" from across the campus to keep costs down. The work included design, installation of interior walls, electrical work, air conditioming and heating, carpentry and painting.
According to Nimrod Chapel, physical plant maintenance coordinator, the annex was "accomplished by a joint effort of the total university family. The result was a first-class, much needed facility for driver's education at a fraction of the cost of a traditional structure. "I feel the greatest accomplishment was the total team concept of the whole university family working together to meet the need in the most efficient and effective manner," Chapel added. The design and construction of the building allows for brick and facing to be added when funds become available in order to bring the building's appearance into conformity with the general architectural theme of the campus. Commending Chapel for his resourcefulness, Alcorn also noted that Dr. Lonnie Gilliland, Jr., chairman of the safely institute, supervised the project so that the facility would meet professional standard.
THE YI~Tg Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
February 22, 1983
Vol. 81, No. 38
State Sen. Leonard to lecture at university By Tonia Sykes
State Sen. Tim Leonard, chairman of the 1983 Republican State Convention, is the featured speaker at 9:40 a.m. Friday in LA Lecture Hall. The Young Republicans and the political science department are jointly sponsoring Leonard's visit. "We need to have a good turnout and let Sen. Leonard know that he's welcome and let him understand that we're his friends," said Dr. Tom Guild, assistant political science professor. "It's almost common knowledge that as socn as our state finances get in better shape, Oscar Rose Junior College, now Rose State College, is going to try to go from a two-year junior college to a four-year university. If that happens, a significant portion of our student body will be taken away from us. This will hurt CSU very badly in state funding and faculty." Guild said the name change is the first step in that direction. "There's been serious talk for two or three years and some of the state representatives and senators from Midwest City are trying to push this through. Midwest City is pretty much a Democratic stronghold and their representatives are well placed in the Democratic leadership. Unless we have a coalition of Republicans
and Democrats in the Senate to stop that, we could be in trouble." The important thing to remember, Guild said, is only 25 votes are needed to control the Senate. "Although Tim is only one of 48 members in the Senate, he's 1/25th of our effort to stop Rose State College from becoming a four-year university should it ever become an attempted or apparent reality." Leonard, a Beaver County
native, served as Oklahoma Assistant Attorney General in 1968-70. He was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate from District 49 in a 1979 Special Election — the first Republican since 1934 from the Panhandle district — and reelected in 1980 without opposition. He has served as caucus secretary, minority whip and on appropriation, policy and education committees. Leonard earned a BA in history and government from the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma in 1962 and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Oklahoma School of Law in 1965. After three years active duty in the U. S. Navy from 1965-68, Leonard continued to serve in the U. S. Navy Reserves from 1968-72 where he attained the rank of Lt. Commander. He was also White House Military Aide to the President in 1966-1967. A reception for Leonard will be held at 10:40 a.m. in the political science department lounge.
State Sen. Tim leonard
Edmondites support laws
Senators want drinking age revised Larry Miller Capital Bureau Reporter
Most Central State University students will not be able to gamble on horse racing or legally drink beer if bills supported by three Edmond legislators become law. Both bills will require participants to be 21-years-old. Although the beer-drinking bill is in trouble in the House, public outcry over drunk driving statistics is likely to pressure the leadership into some kind of cornpromise with the Senate, one legislator predicts.
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House leader Dan Draper—whose district includes Oklahoma State University—wants the beer age moved only one year, to 19. However, most Democrats in the House want the age returned to 21, as do most state senators. Records show the 18-24 age group has a high rate of drunk driving deaths. However, some legislators dispute those figures, saying they are inflated by drivers who were drunk on hard liquor. Liquor cannot be legally purchased in Oklahoma until age 21. The legal age for purchasing beer is now 18. That was also the age initially set for gambling on horse racing events until amended by state Rep. Maxine Kincheloe, R-Choctaw, whose district includes eastern Edmond. Kincheloe offered the amendment to a House bill passed earlier this week. The Senate is expected to go along with the higher age. The second-term representative said she submitted the gambling amendment for two reasons: 1) She says the addiction ratio to gambling is very similar to that of drugs for young people, and 2) By
age 21, a person is usually selfsupporting. "There is no inalieable right to gamble," Kincheloe said. She said the higher drinking age would also "get beer out of the hands of teenagers." "I believe it was a mistake to lower it in the first place." Kincheloe said an unscientific mail survey she conducted recently in her district showed 78 percent of those responding wanted 21 as the legal age to drink. Freshman representative Steve Sill, R-Edmond, voted to approve the Kincheloe amendment and said he also supports raising the drinking age to 21. "Twenty-one has for many years been considered the age of accountability. I think that is a good age for responsible decisions 1., these areas," Sill said. Sen. Phil Watson, REdn, '1, s-id he will also support the higher age on both issues when they reach the Senate. "I think that is a pretty healthy age," said Watson, a three-term senator who grew up in southwest Arkansas where the Oaklawn
horse racing facility is located. He said he never gambled at Oaklawn before age 21. Watson, who has introduced a bill to require 3.2 beer to be sold at room temperature in grocery and convenience stores, said he has received "many, many, many calls" urging his support for raising the beer-drinking age. "Of course, what has prompted so much of this is the drunk driving problem," he said. Watson said he didn't think the 21 age limit would affect too many CSU students. He said college students would still be able to buy beer, although illegally, if they wanted to. "If you can breathe, you can just about buy it. If you don't believe that, just park outside any convenience store and watch." He said moving the age up three years would make it harder for 16 and 17-year-olds to buy beer. Although the beer bill has run into trouble, Watson said he thinks the issue will end up in heated debate with some kind of compromise between the leaders of the House and Senate.