University of Central Oklahoma
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THURSDAY March 5, 1992
Chaos invades student senate By Sam Powell Staff Writer
Prisoner asks for nymphomaniac jury SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A man charged with sending skater Katarina Witt threatening and obscene letters asked that his jury be made up only of nymphomaniacs and atheists. U.S. District Judge Gary Taylor said no. Harry Veltman III, who is acting as his own attorney, had argued Monday that such jurors would be free from prejudice and hatred against him. Veltman, 47, is accused of sending 60 letters to Witt in her native Germany, along with nude photos of himself. He could get up to three years in prison.
Cadaver aquisition being questioned
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Twenty-two bodies found in a university morgue appear to be the gruesome harvest of a ring that kills homeless people to sell their cadavers to medicine, police say. The victims, seven men and three women, were homeless people who earn their livings collecting trash from the streets. Free University President Ramon Navarro Mojica on Monday said the bodies had been bought legally from the Legal Medical Institute of Barranquilla. But the medical institute denied supplying the bodies to the university.
June summit set WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin will visit Washington June 16-17 to discuss nuclear and reform issues, President Bush said Tuesday. Bush said his first formal summit with the Russian leader would provide "an excellent opportunity to follow up" on discussions they had at Camp David on Feb. 1. Bush said they would take up a wide range of issues, including nuclear and military questions and "joint efforts in support of reform" in Russia.
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Chaos was the order of the day at Monday's University of Central Oklahoma student senate meeting where Speaker Carole Crawley repeatedly called for order, and one senator walked out in protest. The trouble began with debate on a resolution calling for a change of student by-laws to require that senators attend senate functions. Several senators complained loudly that they were not given copies of the bill when they arrived at the meeting. Parlimentarian Rebekah Zahn countered saying that every member of the senate is provided with a pre-meeting packet containing copies of proposals listed for discussion. "Please don't make me shout," Zahn said, as the senators began to caucus, or discuss matters between themselves. "Please everyone keep quiet unless you are leaving," she said. "The sergeant-atarms will make you go out in the hall if you continue to caucus." A vote was taken and the bill was sent back to committee. Crawley faced another challenge when a senator questioned rules requiring that two people second a call for an immediate vote. "These are the rules," Crawley said. "If you want to change them, change them. They are your rules." At that point a senator said the entire process was stupid and left. After the meeting Zahn defended the disorder saying it is a normal state of affairs for
the senate following an Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature session. OIL had ended Monday. "After OIL you always face a parliamentary abyss," she said. eth d.e 10 resolutions presented only two passed.
A resolution calling for the completion of a multi-level parking facility, setting a completion date and providing for funding passed, but by a narrow margin of 15 to 14 with two obstaining. See Senate, back page
Tax-cut bill to overturn court ruling WASHINGTON (AP) — A House taxcut bill would negate a landmark court decision that requires the Internal Revenue Service to prove its claim that a taxpayer had under-reported income. The IRS successfully argued to lawmakers that the court ruling would undermine the effort to catch tax cheats through cornputer matching of returns with documents listing wages, interest and dividends. That matching finds $20 billion a year of unreported income. "The entire tax system will eventually crumble," if the decision stands, IRS Commissioner Shirley D. Peterson told Congress. An amendment to effectively overrule the court decision was one of scores of provisions tacked onto the Democratic tax bill behind closed doors before it was passed by the House last week. Most other amendments would have far less impact. One eventually could result in taxpayers using a credit card to pay the IRS. Another would change the tax rules for peple who hire domestics.
Matt Boethin stars as Eugene Morris Gerome in the University of Central Oklahoma's Drama Department's production of Neil Simon's comedy, "Biloxi Blues." The show premieres this evening at 7 p.m. in the Mitchell Hall Theatre. (Photo by Mark Zimmerman)