University of Central Oklahoma
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TUESDAY March 3 1992
Risk, demand down in blood self-donors RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Hospitals and health professionals are urging people to roll up their sleeves and donate a couple of pints of blood for their own surgeries. The procedure eliminates the risk of disease transmission, surgeons say. It also helps reduce demand on the nation's blood supply, which had critical shortages last fall. "Once the blood is donated, it's separated from our normal production facilities," said Laura Cameron, spokeswoman for the Virginia Blood Service in Richmond. The extra handling costs the donor about $25 per unit, she said.
Japanese mobsters suspected in death CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Detectives say they are investigating whether the stabbing death of a Japanese real estate developer was the work of Japanese mobsters rather than a racial hate crime. Asian crime experts quoted in The Los Angeles Times said the two stab wounds to Yasuo Kato' s heart resembled an execution by the Yakuza, Japanese organized crime. Kato, 49, was slain Sunday in his garage while unloading groceries. Two weeks earlier, he had told authorities that a stranger blaming Japan for the loss of his job came to Kato's door, demanded money and threatened to kill him.
Jobless claims climb second week in row WASHINGTON (AP) — Jobless claims climbed in mid-February for a second straight week as 459,000 Americans made first-time trips to the unemployment office, the government said last week. The Labor Department reported that the seasonally adjusted total for the week ending Feb. 15 represented an increase of 7,000 claim applications from the previous week.
Arnold Schwarzenegger poses with Sergeant Steve Carson, Sergeant Mark Gore, and Sergeant David Riggs from the Oklahoma City Police Department. Schwarzenegger was in the city as part of a 50-state tour to promote physical fitness in schools.(Photo by Paul McEntire)
Senator prompts investigation By Pam Thurman Staff Writer
were to be confidential until the final decision was released, Schweizer said. The names of at least five candidates have appeared in Edmond Evening Sun stories during the past few weeks. "The process is confidential and rightly so, you want to have the process as unaffected by other people as possible. . . obviously someone violated the confidentiality," Schweizer said. There are privacy issues involved, he said. People applying may not want their current employers to know. Bart Binning, faculty senate president and advisory committee member, said faculty members are concerned that the leaks may be giving the university a bad image, but that in this case a leak may have been unavoidable. "Whenever you give that much information to that many people, it is inevitable that some of it will get out. We will have to deal with it in a constructive way," he said.
A resolution calling for an investigation of recent leaks identifying some of the University of Central Oklahoma presidential candidates was submitted to a faculty senate committee Feb. 14. Dr. Harald 0. "Otto" Schweizer, assistant professor of sociology and a faculty senator, said his resolution makes an ethical statement. The resolution states, "The UCO faculty senate recommends that the recent unauthorized release of information on the committee's activities to the public media, be vigorously investigated by the Board of Regents" (of Oklahoma Colleges). It also asks that the person, or persons, responsible for the leaks be "subjected to any and all available administrative and legal sanctions," and that their name, or names, be as widely publicized as the confidential information that was released. When asked about Schweizer's resoluWhen the search for a new president be- tion, Binning said, "That resolution is not gan, the regents set up a committee that was before the faculty senate, it is in committee. to report directly back to the regents. The re- It would be inappropriate of me to comment gents indicated screenings of candidates, on a resolution I have not seen the final draft and decisions made about those candidates of."
The Daily Oklahoman, last week, reported an unnamed source said he believed Tem Guild, an advisory committee member and associate business professor, to be the source of the information leaked to the media. Guild, the reporter-historian for the faculty senate, said, "Clearly, I feel that the issue has been blown out of proportion, and the professional thing to do at this point is to not comment further on this, or any other issue until the selection process is completed." Schweizer referred to the unnamed source saying, "A belief is not a fact. That's irresponsible, it's the same kind of gabbing that caused the problem. If someone can't give their name, I question the validity of the statement." "I don't believe in character assasination. I put this resolution in to, hopefully, spur someone into action to find out where the leak came from, and to take appropriate action," he said. "I don't know who the person is who leaked the information. It may be someone on the committee that is not on the faculty senate. See Leak, back page