University of Central Oklahoma
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TUESDAY April 1, 1997
Child found locked in car with dog in UCO parking lot By Mary Reinauer
Staff Writer A 17-month-old child was locked inside a closed car, alone except for a small dog, for approximately 30 minutes in faculty lot three outside the Liberal Arts Building March 13. UCO Department of Public Safety reports state Sgt. Jon Peoples was called to assist student officer Skopak rescue the child. According to the report the child, whose name was withheld because she is a juvenile, was upset and crying by the time Peoples got there. Both the child and the dog were in the front seat and the dog was running around and pawing at the toddler. It took Peoples ten minutes to get the door opened, then handing the child to Skopak he stowed the dog in his cruiser and went into the Liberal Arts building to find the mother or father, he stated in the report. Unable to do so, Peoples went back to the car and found the mother had returned and was being advised by Skopak on the dangers of leaving a child unattended in a car. There was no car seat for the child, according to the report. The dog and child were released to the mother after the mother returned. Peoples told the mother a report would be made and a copy given to the Department of Human Services (DHS). VSee LOCKED, Page 3
Artwork in the works... UCO students JoAnn Lichtenberger, Diana Gales and Amy Nelson work on "Earthwork in the works" an environmental instillation inspired by Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty outside the Industrial arts building. The land was gridded with watered down clay and each student was assigned to work on a different section of the grid. (Photo by Donna Kerr)
Student Association says 'no' to tuition increase By Patrice Patterson
Staff Writer
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resolution to increase tuition was rejected by members of the UCO Student Association March 24, by a vote of 11-19. There has not been a tuition increase in Oklahoma since the 1995-1996 school year. Oklahoma legislators are
considering a new law giving the State Regents for Higher Education power to increase tuition up to 11 percent in the next two years. There was much debate among members of the Student Association. "Students are already financially burdened. The only thing this will do is increase the debt of students as they get out
of college," said Ben Harris, speaker of the Student Association. There is going to be a tuition increase because this is not an election year, said Janet Nicholas, member of the Student Association and Oklahoma Student Government Association (OSGA). OSGA has passed the resolution under the following
conditions: •The percentage of qualifying students who receive Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grants reaches 85 percent while not decreasing the dollar amount of the award. •The percentage of total cost of educational expenses paid by non—resident students remain 92 percent next year. •Individual institutions commit increased revenue from
a tuition increase to fund institutional budget priorities. •There be no student fee increases or new fees in the next two years without the express written consent of the affected institution. The proposal has been submitted to universities to approve, reject, or modify the proposal by April 1. VSee TUITION, Page 3
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