The Vista April 3, 1997

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University of Central Oklahoma

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THURSDAY April 3, 1997

Office declared unsafe; faculty evacuated By Lisa Tatum

Staff Writer

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ne UCO office has been evacuated and declared an environmental hazard and two others vacated due to high levels of bacteria and mold in the air. A "No Entry" sign and yellow caution tape was placed across the locked door of Room 101 in the General Classroom Building Friday. Don Powers, UCO director of safety and environmental control, declared the room hazardous after test results revealed that the level of mold found in the air in Room 101 was three times higher than levels outside the building and bacteria was more than 10 times higher. Powers said normal levels inside a building should be lower than the outside levels. Powers advised university officials April 1 that faculty members in Rooms 102 and 121 should be relocated. He said he made the decision because "the environment is not suitable to work in." Five professors with offices in Rooms 102 and 121 Room 101 of the General Classroom of the building were Building was declared an environmental in the process of hazard Friday. (Staff photo by John being relocated Wednesday. Clanton) The air tests were VSee HAZARD, Page 3

INDEX Editorial 2 Letters 2 Sports 8 Around Campus ... 10 Campus Crime 10 Classifieds 11

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ADVISEMENT Advisement sessions offer academic guidance.

Mural, mural on the wall... Chairman of the art department, Dr. Bob Palmer, paints a mural of the Oklahoma Land Run on the south wall of the Communications Building. The mural is painted in blue and gold silhouettes, representing UCO's colors. (Staff photo by John Clanton)

Activities to focus on children's learning

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he annual "Week of the Young Child" will be April 6-12, sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. This year's theme is "Early years are learning years—make them count" and focuses public attention on the needs of young children and their families. There will be many on-campus activities during this week including a Family Reception at 10:45 a.m. and again at 2:45 p.m. April 8 in

the Child Study Center. A student center information booth will be set up from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 9 inside the UCO Student Center. "Making our Mark," a sidewalk chalk art demonstration is from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 10 at Broncho Lake. Carnival Day is April 11. —By Heidi Centrella

Staff Writer

INSIDE TODAY COLUMN

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AROUND TOWN Check out what's happening in the metro area this weekend.


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