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1C9E1E1E March 13, 1984
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Vol. 82, No. 44
Candidate makes stop in city
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Vista photo by Matthew Driskill
Candidate Hart calls for new ideas in his speech to Oklahomans who saw him as he made his campaign stop in Oklahoma City Friday.
By Matthew Driskill Editor Democratic presidential hopeful Gary Hart made a campaign stop briefly in Oklahoma City Friday when he flew into the city for a short speech and peptalk with Oklahoma suporters. Hart spoke at the Airport Sheraton Inn, sandwiching in an appearence after campaigning in Florida and before he flew on to Chicago. A crowd of 300 were on hand to greet the senator from Colorado who lately has been coming on strong in the Democratic caucases and primaries, stealing some of the limelight from former Vice President Walter Mondale and Ohio senator John Glenn.. With Democratic caucuses set for Tuesday, Hart made an appeal to Oklahoma agriculture and energy producers, saying he shared the values of this region and the committment to the land. Hart arrived about an hour late, but when he did show, former U.S. House Speaker Carl
Albert introduced Hart as "the greatest candidate ever to run for the presidency in my lifetime." Hart, a native of Kansas and a graduate of Bethany Nazarene College, gave a 12-minute speech in which he referred to himself as the only candidate to put forth new ideas and certain new proposals. Hart said he feels the government should resume its commitment to environmental cleanup and called for a new "environmental decade" in which the government solves the problems of acid rain and cleans up the 17,000 toxic waste dump sites. Hart said he wanted the naton to become independent of foreign of supplies and called for increased exploration at home. He said he supported a tariff on imported oil, "not to reward the oil companies, but to save American lives from a war in the Persian Gulf." Hart also called for a strong national defense and increased pay for military personnel.
Vista photo by Matthew Driskill
Perhaps a little too young to appreciate the full value of the event she is witnessing, this little girl never-the-less went to see Gary Hart at his apperence in the city Friday. When asked what she thought about the Democratic candidate and his policies she said, "It's cold out here."
Art major from England designing window Jonathan Edwards, Central State University art student whose home is in Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom, designed the window for the display area in the University Center. The 22-year-old English student's home is some twenty minutes from the center of London. The subject of the window will be to market the Tour of the British Isles sponsored by the art department whose escort will be Jo Ann N. Adams, assistant professor of art. A former honor student of Adams', she became aware of Edwards' capabilities through the fall Art Appreciation class. It was only natural that he would be able to demonstrate visually more about his native country than most. Edwards attended Hawes Down School in West Whickan, Kent. He remained for an extra two years in order to get three "A" level examinations in art and technical drawing. He then completed two years at Craydon
School of Art in London majoring in graphic design. Since that time he has worked as a draftsman for a seismograph group and as a layout artist in the United Kingdom. Edwards heard about the CSU art department .through an American who suggested that he apply for admittance. Accepted in 1983, he started in the fall and is majoring in advertising design with the possibility of another degree in journalism advertising. Both of Edwards' parents are retired educators. His father was a headmaster of schools in Southern Wales and London as well as being director of South London Teacher Training Center. His curriculum specialty was science and physics. His mother was head of the geography department in a girl's school and sponsor of Sixthform which includes the last two years of high school. Edwards has a 23-year-old brother, David, who is a Down's Syndrome sufferer.
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"I have been here for six months," Edwards said. "In that time, I have found the people of Oklahoma, and Central State University especially, to be very friendly and helpful. It was a little difficult to adjust at first, but now things are as normal to me as they were in Britain. "I have had a great amount of help from the people in the CSU art department, he said. "They
have made studying here an unforgettable experience and are always open to new suggestions and ideas. I have found the professors to be very knowledgeable in their subject areas and able to put across their information in a very interesting manner. The tour will be July 29 through August 14. The eighteen day trip will include five days in London visiting major museums and the
remaining trip's days will be spent in other parts of England as well as Wales, Ireland and Scotland. "There are many worthwhile advantages of study through travel," Adams said. "While increasing the student's understanding of the visual arts through the learning approaches of art history and criticism, students can support intelligent, sensitive decisions about the culture on the spot."
East Hall fires cause little damage to dorm By Matthew Driskill Editor With spring break right around the corner, it seems that a few students couldn't wait to release a little tension Monday morning with the result being a fire set in a second floor bathroom in a trash can. According to housing authorities the fire was in no way life threatening and was put out minutes after it was discovered by residents. Another smaller fire was set Sunday night after a power failure left the campus without electricity. Head Resident Georgh Tetteh said the residents "just decided to have a halloween night." "They figured they couldn't be seen so they just went crazy," Tetteh said. "It was so dark that you couldn't see any of them and you can't catch them if you can't see them." Tetteh went on to say that it seems like the residents are more restless now that spring break is upon them. "For some reason they are more noisy," Tetteh said. "This has been a problem in the past but now it seems to be getting worse. I don't know what to do."
Tetteh said the punishment if the arsonists are caught would be severe. "If I catch them, I'm going to kill them," Tetteh said jokingly. This is not the first time the dorms have been plagued by fires set by residents. Toward the end of the fall semester East Hall was hit by a fire that was set in one of the stairwells. Housing authorities said then, that vandalism always increases at the end of a semester or whenever a break from classes is anticipated. Then Assistant Head Resident Don Jaeger said in December that the main danger from the fires is not the flames but the smoke that could just as easily cause a death or an injury. East Hall was also plagued with vandalism when several unidentified students tore sinks and toilets from the fixtures in the bathrooms. Tetteh said the students who set the fire Sunday night also threw firecrackers into the hallways along with a few beer cans. Residents interviewed about the situation said, "it was a pretty wild time when the power went off."