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Student overcomes handicaps...page 8
84. No . 44
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STA
Tuesday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Bill calls for revised resident meal plan
Going, going... foul
Photographic services: Tom Gilbert
Merle Davis (left) and Dan Flanigan of Iowa's Westmar College follow a fly ball into foul grounds at a baseball game Friday against CSU. The Bronchos prevailed in both games of the doubleheader, see story page 6.
By Kim Voynar Resident students should be charged only for the number of meals they choose to eat, a resolution passed Monday by the Student Senate alleges. The resolution, written by the housing committee, says residents pay $1,635.20 a year for food and lodging, which includes 15 meals per week and $1,700 a year for a 20 meal plan. Sen. John McHale, representing the housing committee, said the only difference in the plans is five meals each week for a total amount of $64.40. This difference amounts to approximately 36 cents a meal, the bill says. The bill claims because students on the 20 meal plen pay only 36 cents a meal on weekends, students on the 15 meal plan must subsidize the budget. As a solution, the resolution suggests a revised pricing system be adopted that would uniformly divide the cost of operating the cafeteria among resident students. The bill advocates a plan or plans based on the number of meals a student chooses to eat. The resolution passed Monday with a vote of 8-4-4. In other business, a proposal to
give foreign aid money such as Feed the Children to needy Americans was killed by the Senate. The resolution, written by Sen. Dan Sharpe, stated many families in the metropolitan area are going without food and shelter. Sen. Dan Sharpe, author of the resolution, said he supports foreign aid when the economic conditions are good. However, he said because of failing economic conditions in America "we should take care of our own first." Speaker Scott Birdwell, challenging Sharpe's proposal, said "America is still the richest country in the world. Aid should go to those who need it the most." Supporting the Feed the Children fund, Birdwell said "Human life is just as important all over the world." "When we donated the money to Feed the Children, we told them to send the money where it was most needed," Birdwell continued. "They could have used it here but they apparently felt it was more needed in South America." At the vote, the proposal failed with a count of 10-6-1.
Vice president vying for Tulsa position By Curtis Killman Editor The vice president of academic affairs said Monday that he is one of the final 15 candidates vying to head the University Center at Tulsa. The vice president, Dr. James Perry, said he has applied for the office of chief executive officer (the CSU equivalent of president) at the Tulsa university. UCAT, a university which uses instructors from four area universities, was founded in 1982, Perry said. In addition to applying for the job in Tulsa, Perry said he has been nominated by friends for four other positions outside of Oklahoma. Perry said he should know if he will be moving to Tulsa or not by May, when the UCAT board of trustees announce their decision.
Perry revealed his interest in moving up the administrative ladder, when he was asked by The Vista if he had resigned. Perry said he had not resigned, but acknowleged that the rumors existed. When asked why he wanted to leave CSU, Perry replied, "I don't. I've enjoyed CSU." Perry added that he believed CSU had unlimited potential, but he would like to move up in the world. "I am ready, willing and able to run the show," Perry said. Others have speculated that Perry may have been unhappy with the apparent lack of authority given to the vice president's office. According to an evaulation of CSU compiled in October 1985 by
a regional accreditation team, one of the suggestions for change recommended increasing the authority in the vice president of academic affair's office. "The perception exists that the Vice President has little genuine authority, focused primarily on lack of involvement in the budget building process, allocation of funds, and general control over academic budgets," according to the North Central Association team's evaluation. The academic vice president's position, considered to be the No. 2 ranking office on campus, has experienced three changes of leadership under CSU President Dr. Bill Lillard's 10-year tenure. The NCA report called attention to the turnover rate and said the a lack of authority may be a contributing factor.
"Clarification of the role of the Vice President for Academic Affairs in the decision making processes is requisite to the establishment of stable, dynamic leadership. If Perry is chosen for the UCAT post, his resignation from his post here may perpetuate past leadership problems the office apparently has had. "It appears that a lack of continuity in this office has delayed the evolution of strong leadership in academic affairs," the review team said in the NCA report. Perry took the vice president's office in 1983. He declined to comment on the NCA report's findings concerning his office. "That's a sensitive question," Perry said, "and we're still in the process of getting approval" of the report.
Dr. James Perry